Nouvelles des ports

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor

Rafiots et compagnies

aquarelle marine cargo au mouillage - marine watercolor cargo ship at anchor

Nouvelles des escales

aquarelle marine - marine watercolor


Le Funi - August 02, 1925

Small and Big Facts of the WeekLe Funi 1925 08 02 petits et grands faits de la semaine 2

- A tenants' demonstration degenerates into brawls in Beirut.
- 200,000 francs worth of jewelry is stolen from a Neuilly mansion.
- The destroyer "Tiger" is undergoing testing in Saint-Nazaire.
- In Brussels, two elderly men are murdered by their resident.
- The daughter of the late Lord Curzon marries an equerry of the Prince of Wales.
- A one-month-old baby leaves Paris by plane for Copenhagen.
- The earth trembles in the Basses-Pyrénées.
- The English motorist Campbell is driving at over 242 kilometers per hour.
- The Los Angeles judge denies Charlot a monopoly on his attire.
- A farmer, Mr. Evariste Jonchère, is awarded the Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture.
- In Alfortville, an alcoholism tragedy leaves a widow and two orphans.
- A fire devastates a village in Haute-Loire.
- While trying to save his little daughter, an officer from Mézières drowns in Mar-Vivo.
- In China, an American is murdered and another is captured by bandits.
- In Biarritz, two Englishmen drown along with the lifeguard who was helping them.
- Floods in Haute-Garonne claim 7 lives.
- Several officers of the Russian merchant navy were expelled from Marseille.
- A Casablanca-Dakar mail plane is attacked by natives.
- 230 works by the painter Sargent are sold in London for 14.5 million.
- A terrible fire destroys the superb Château de Randan.
- Near Chamonix, three tourists fall 50 meters.
- Italian driver Ascari is killed in Linas-Montlhéry during the Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of France.
- Siki is injured in New York during a brawl.
- French troops evacuate Essen.

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