"A MIRACULOUS CATCH."

Taihape Daily Times, 8 July 1918, Page 6

"A MIRACULOUS CATCH."

One of the last bombs dropped by the German avions fell into the Seine, harming nothing except the fish. The latter, "shell -shocEerfi" as if by a charge of djmamite, floated on the surface of the water by hundreds. Of course, the first to notice the happy accident was one of those street boys of Paris who fear nothing, who had stayed on the quay to "enjoy the sight." He spread the good news eagerly ,and soon you could see the own--er3 of the barges that fetch coal and barrels of wine to the great city putting out in little boats to gather the material-for a dish of "whitebait." Thfe aerial bombardment had not yet stopped. Nevertheless a great number of people left the cellars where they Tiad taken refuge, and grouped themselves —most imprudently—on the bridges to watch this miraculous patclu .