Too Soon.. For His Pipj3:~Tlie Beer dmllet which found' its- way into the body. of Private -Jesse Davis ati Actor* Homes lias just been extracted at Birmingham. • Davis had becvn m ac tion with bis regiment, the 2nd West Yo'rks, and thinking the enemy had cleared off proceeded to light his pipe. He was instantly hit m the shoulder. All efforts to trace the bullet failed; Paralysis- supervened: In: this: condit tioh the poor fellow was admitted into the Birmingham General Hospital, when Dr Alfred Lucas discoveved that the bullet had hit the, opine and lodged m the' abdomen; Its extraction this week -completed a pioce of surgical skill .of which the liospitui may weU be proud. ■■-. ■ . V

Mr : Holland, th^ : ; inventor ■• of it&e submarijie boat that bears hia name, proposes to sail m February next from " New York to Lisbon m a y subniaririe boat of special construction. '• Io will be 63ft long, will burn^gasoline fuel, and will carry 'provisions for the in ventor and a crew of eight men;.  -^

OXFORD OBSERVER SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 19^1.
