The Seaforth News, 1958-12-18, Page 7World's Oldest
Living Things
Imagine a tree 331 feet high
and 90 feet in circumference —
a massive sequoia. This forest
monster was felled in California
in 1891, and was then described
as one of the wonders a the
world.
A section from this tree has
just been put on exhibition et
The American Museum of Nat-
ural History and naturalists are
flocking to see it.
The section weighs nine tons,
is 16 feet 5 inches in diameter
inside the bark and it shows
1,342 annual rings, proving that
the tiny seed from which the
tree grew germinated as long ago
es the year A.D. 550.
For the benefit of visitors, each
century that the tree lived
through Is marked off by white
figures on the section, This fab-
ulous "log" has been carefully
seasoned during the 67 years
which have elapsed since the
tree was felled.
Another name for this sequoia
is the California redwood. Many
years ago a section of another
giant redwood was on view in
a Yorkshire museum.
Some redwoods have attained
an age of 3,000 years. The Gen-
eral Grant redwood in California
was stated by a scientist some
years ago to be the oldest living
thing on earth. He estimated its
age at 4,000 to 5,000 years and
reported that its base was 10714
feet round and its height 267
feet.
Three years. ago 1,500 fire
fighters had to tackle forest
blazes which spread so rapidly
that they reached within a mile
of the trees in California's Se-
quoia National Park.
TWIST OF FATE — Twisted roil
was plowed up by this diesel
locomotive when it struck an
F4D-1 jet which crashed on the
tracks moments after take -off
near Santa Ana, Calif. By a
twist of fate, no one on the
train was injured seriously, and
the pilot was rescued by a
trainman. A second twist: had
the crash occurred seconds
later, the jet would have hit
the crowded passenger train
broadside.
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER — Ernie Banks of the Chicago
Cubs smiles happily in his Chicago home after being named the
National League's Most Valuable Player for 1958. Banks, 27, is
the greatest home run hitting shortstop in National League
history. He hit 47 home runs last year.
Thought Maneater
Was A Ghost
Not a sound came from the
tents. But none of the thousand
or so Indian and African work-
men was asleep. They lay awake
with pounding hearts and bated
breath --- for two man-eating
Lions were prowling among them.
Every night for the past few
weeks the lions had visited the
camp at Tsavo, where the men.
were building a bridge for the
new railway line from Mombasa
into the heart of Uganda. Each
time, they carried a shrieking
victim off into the jungle.
Watches were set and traps
laid. But the lions eluded them.
Now they were back again. The
roaring from the jungle had
grown louder as the lions neared
the camp. Then it had stopped.
And the workmen know the
two man-eaters were moving
stealthily among the tents.
In the tense, nerve-racking
silence, they waited, . , .
Presently there came the ag-
onized shriek that told them the
night's victim had been selected,
that they at least had another.
day to live.
Not until roll -call next morn-
ing was the man's identity estab-
lished. By now nearly a hundred
men had been lost. The morale
of the remainder was beginning
to crack.
Further progress in the con-
struction work became impos-
sible, so the men were sent back
to the coast, leaving only a band
of white hunters to fight the lions.
Eventually, the man-eaters were
shot and work was resumed.
Even after it was opened, lions
still caused considerable trouble
up and down the new railway
line, and were responsible for
some very unusual messages be-
tween stations.
"Direct driver of two down to
enter my yard very cautiously,
Points locked up, No one can go
out. Myself, sheds -man and por-
ters all in office. Lion sitting be-
fore office door," ran one such
message.
Later the same clay, this sta-
tion- master had to send a 'sec-
ond message: "Extra urgent.
Points -man surrounded by two
lions. Has succeeded in climbing
to top of telegraph pole near
water tank, Immediate succour
imperative."
In parts of Africa, man-eaters
have at times been protected by
a curious native belief that, af-
ter death, human souls can enter
YOU'RE ENTIRELY WELCOME — Fairborn, Ohio, o town , of
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above which lump oil the symbols together,
"MOST VALUABLE" — Yankees'
Bob Turley is this year's win-
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uring 1958.
the bodies of wild animals. Lions
are often believed to harbour the
spirits of departed chiefs. For
fear of offending the departed,
no steps are taken, therefore, td
kill such man-eaters.
One of the most notorious
man-eaters of the century, who
gloried in the name of Chiengi
Charlie, was able to exact a
fearful toll of human lives
through this belief, And, to the
natives of the district where he
operated, his first appearance
was certainly ominously timed.
A powerful and ruthless chief
in the Chiengi district of North-
ern Rhodesia announced on his
death -bed that he would return
after his death in the guise of
a lion, He would then single out
his enemies one by one for pun-
ishment.
By a curious coincidence, a
man-eater did move into the dis-
trict shortly after his death, and
chose as its first two victims men
who had been among the late
chief's bitterest opponents. It was
more than all the arguments in
the world could do to convince
the natives that the chief had not
remained true to his word. Ob-
viously, he had returned to car-
ry out his threatened plans!
For several months, Chiengi
endured a reign of terror, dur-
ing which the man-eater entered
villages and exacted a terrible
toll of lives. But, so strong was
their superstitious belief, the
natives made no efforts to kill or
even to frustrate it. At first, the
raids were made at night. But,
after a time, the lion became so
bold that it would walk among
the huts in broad daylight to
select his victims.
When, however, Chiengi Char-
lie brought along two more
lions and started to instruct
them in the gentle art of man-
eating, the natives decided they
had had enough. Having gone
unmolested .for so long, he had
lost much of his cunning.
Trap guns were erected along
the main paths leading to a vil-
lage he had been raiding reg-
ularly and he was soon shot
dead. Nothing more was heard
of his "apprentices."
A local official once had a
miraculous escape when a lion
came in through the bedroom
window of his bungalow and
dragged him out of bed. His
shouts brought servants running
to his aid. But he had lacked
his door before going to bed and
they couldn't get in.
With great presence of mind,
however, he suggested they
should fire through the door fol-
lowing his directions. Unfor-
tunately, he was hit in the'
shoulder. But the noise of the,
firing scared the lion, which let
go off him and jumped out of
the window.
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