A Song of Thanksgiving

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 42, 2 May 1930, Page 25

A Song of Thanksgiving

ER. battling with fire on the upper part of a sunken German liner in dock at New York for twenty-four hours, the firemen were able to search the ship. They then made the astonishing dis‘covery that a shipment of 7000 song birds-reported to have been burned to death many hours. earlier-were all alive, There were’ canaries, finches and nightingales, and they had been confined and unapproachable for all those hours in a hold that had been flooded: To a bird they had survived the smoke and.fumes from the burning eargo, as well as the deluge of water that had been poured down from above them, TH New York correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says that as cage after nige was brought up into the sunshine and transferred to the pier, a medley of chirping and tweeting swelled into a glorious chorus. Firemen and employees of the ships and wharves uttered exclamations of wonder and delight and seemed to be more pleased than if they had recovered a chest filled with treasure of gold and jewels.