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Detestable Deaths II

A chicken fell down a 60-foot well in Nazlat Imara, 240 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. A young farmer tried to rescue the bird, but was swept underwater and drowned. His sister, two brothers and two others also drowned, either trying to save the chicken, the farmer, or previous would-be rescuers. All six bodies were recovered. The chicken survived. (Reuters) ...Not for long, I suspect.


Publication Date: 6 August 1995

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Volume 2, Page 22
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