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Most of them fled to the mountains, down the dusty roads to Granada, but not all. In the ripped-up streets of Managua little groups knelt in prayer all day before religious statues dragged from the crumbling churches and houses, set up on the curb. Meanwhile Marines and soldiers of the U. S.-officered Guardia Nacional worked till the soles burned off their shoes carrying stretchers, pulling bodies from the wreckage, fighting the flames. In three days after the earthquake more than 800 bodies had been buried or accounted for. But there could be no more burials. Managua was beginning...
...doubt that thousands of Catholics knelt as the Pope's voice came over the ether, especially when he extended his blessing...
...Nashville, Tenn., seven Negresses started to hold a wake over a corpse. They knelt simultaneously to pray. The floor gave way; all seven and the corpse fell to the ground. They sued owners of the house for $3,000 apiece, Florence Young for loss of a gold tooth when her face was stepped on, Roberta Birdsong for injuries from sitting on a rusty nail, the others injuries to themselves and the corpse...
Socialist Speech. This was the first Parliament ever opened by George V with a Labor Cabinet in office. His speech from the throne was therefore the first ever written for His Majesty's utterance by Socialists.* It was noticed that as the Socialist Lord Chancellor, Sir John Sankey, knelt and presented the speech his hand trembled. Grasping the document firmly the King-Emperor began to read in a voice which, when he was not clearing his throat, rang loudly and distinctly through the oblong, Gothic hall. Excerpts...
With a scraping of chairs and a rustle of dresses, King, Queen, commoners and choirboys' mothers knelt in thankful prayer...