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Show .EXPLICIT AND CONCISE. Argonaut : " A terrific boiler explosion took place on board a. big ship at Portsmouth some months ago, and an enterprising London editor, wishing to give the earliest possible possi-ble news to his readers, thus instructed a reporter: "Get down there as hard a, you can. If you catch th 11:40 from London Lon-don bridge you'll be there soon after 2 and can wire us something for the fifth edition, but boll It down." The reporter obeyed his orders, and soon after S o'clock that afternoon sent a wire saying: "Terrific "Ter-rific explosion. Man-'o-war. Boiler empty- Engineer full. Funeral tomorrow." |