Morbid Fact Du Jour For March 18, 2010
March 18th, 2010
Here’s another excerpt from a fascinating book I’m currently reading called “Curse Of The Narrows” which is about the horrifying munitions ship blast that devastated Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917:
Today’s Flying Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Dorothy Lloyd and her sister Dolly arrived at the school grounds panting and out of breath, asking about their sisters Margaret and Hilda. The four sisters had been caught up in the blast, which then dropped them briefly to the ground. This did not strike Dorothy as nearly as unusual as the long pieces of tubing tumbling above them. “Dolly, look at the stove pipes flying in the air.” “Those aren’t stove pipes,” Dolly corrected her. “They’re sailors.”
Culled from: Curse of the Narrows
I thought I had read this book! How did I miss this?
I’m getting it TODAY!!!
Thanks, Comtesse!!! You’re AWESOME!!!
Oh, gosh, that reminds me of a documentary about tornadoes I once saw on (probably) public TV. Best line: “One thing I remember was the cow that flew past me.”