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Jellyfish \ t . Monster jellyfish—some two feet across—have been washed ashore in shoals off the north-east ..

... Jellyfish \ t . Monster jellyfish—some two feet across—have been washed ashore in shoals off the north-east coast of England. They can shoot out tentacles and sting for distances up to 60 feet. . Dr. H. O. Bull, reader in marine biology, University of ...

Published: Tuesday 14 August 1962
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 111 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Housewife fails to swim North Channel Beaten by jelly-fish and

... Housewife fails to swim North Channel Beaten by jelly-fish and & All that remains of the fishing boat Elizabeth, WP TN The brothers Noel (left) and W. Coge ulvnrfing the engine of their fishing boat Elizabeth, which t eg sacrificed ?h‘ to the rescue ...

Published: Tuesday 12 August 1958
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 754 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

:ore jel;oynlh handf he w:; badly | Ty ung about the face a arms. + Mr. John Allen, one of me'MISSION NURSE TO ..

... + Mr. John Allen, one of me'MISSION NURSE TO VISIT timekeepers, had this to say of BELFAST the jellyfish: “The net did not s { cilidi work. So many jellyfish became ' entangled in it that it would have taken a steamboat to have nulled African villag; built ...

Published: Monday 15 September 1958
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 187 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

English coast towns iss

... the jellyfish were first discovered on Tuesday, Eastbourne and Bexhill gangs of men searched the beaches for them, bathers and paddlers were ‘warned to be on the lookout and people advised to keep their }chlldren and pets away from the jellyfish. . The ...

Published: Thursday 12 September 1957
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 190 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BOY, 6, DROWNED

... BOY, 6, DROWNED Jellyfish stings caused panic Jellyfish stings, causing great pain, and then panic, contributed to the death from drowning of a boy, aged six years, said the coroner, Mr. F. C. Sheppard, at an inquest at Camber, near Rye, Sussex, last ...

Published: Wednesday 24 August 1955
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

KILLED BY JELLY FISH

... however, was found that had been drowned after being paralysed by giant Portuguese Mon of War, type jelly-fish is found along the Queensland coast. These jelly-fish often have tentacles to 12 feet long and their sting is capable of causing temnorary paralysis ...

Published: Thursday 24 January 1935
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 133 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Public ownership

... rents. Recalling his description of the Government as a jellyfish, Mr. Wamock said that one member of the Government had stated that jellyfish could sting. I agree,” he remarked, ''that this jellyfish Government is stinging the people of Belfast to the extent ...

Published: Friday 29 June 1956
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 169 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MINUTE KILLER

... sting of the peanut-sized Irukandji jellyfish. Richard Graham Jordan, 58, from Driffield in Yorkshire, was travelling in Australia with his wife Jean. Mr Jordan brushed against the tiny yet extremely poisonous jellyfish while swimming near Hamiiton Island ...

Published: Saturday 02 February 2002
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

FOCUS ON THE FILMS and PICK OF THE DAY

... 8.00 pm) Jellyfish are not the most loved creatures in the world. In fact, if one happens to have the misfortune of being washed up on the shore, they've been known to send children and adults alike screaming from the beach. Yet jellyfish are not just ...

Published: Thursday 21 January 1993
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 324 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Wanderers of the deep

... theory about the visitors is that the shoal, while feeding off jellyfish, could have followed warm currents across the Atlantic Ocean. Trawlermen have noticed an increase in the number of jellyfish off the North West coast in the past few months. ...

Published: Friday 21 August 1992
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 123 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

Anti-jelly fish net success, but M¢‘Clelland stung

... Anti-jelly fish net success, but M¢‘Clelland stung Jack M'Clelland, the swimmer who tried out an anti-jellyfish net at Carrickfergus last night said afterwards he was delighted with the device. “It is a wonderful idea,” he commented “‘and we are calling ...

Published: Saturday 13 September 1958
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 102 | Page: 5 | Tags: none