The USS Milwaukee is one of the 10 scout cruisers authorized or being built for the U.S. Navy. She is 550 feet long and has a speed of 35 knots, combing the speed of a destroyer and the fighting qualities of a battleship.
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This week in history as reported by The Summit County Journal the week of May 7, 1921.
County high school plan is emphatically defeated
Incomplete reports of the results in the various districts throughout Summit County at the annual school election indicate an overwhelming majority against the county high school proposition, with Breckenridge, or District No. 1, being the only one to give a favorable vote. The vote went solidly against the plan in all other districts.
Man killed by swarm of aggressive bees while he was mowing his lawn
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A Texas man mowing his lawn was killed after he was attacked by an aggressive swarm of bees
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A Texas man mowing his lawn was killed after he was attacked by an aggressive swarm of bees
A man in Texas died unexpectedly after being attacked by a swarm of bees in his yard.
A 70-year-old man was mowing his lawn in Breckenridge when he was attacked by a swarm of Africanized honey bees, also known as killer bees.
The Breckenridge Fire Department said in a Facebook post that when they were dispatched on Monday, they arrived on scene with the sheriff’s department and were immediately met with “very aggressive bee activity.”
Medical officials said the man was severely stung and went into cardiac arrest. They started emergency care as soon as they arrived on the scene.
Updated: Apr 30 2021, 8:46 ET
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AN elderly man has died after he was attacked by a swarm of around 60,000 “very aggressive” bees as he mowed his lawn.
Thomas Hicks, 70, was tending to his garden Monday afternoon in Breckenridge, Texas, when the bees swarmed around him and attacked.
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He died after going into cardiac arrest due to the severity of the stings.
“He got attacked outside, ran in the house to let his wife know, ‘Hey, this is what’s going on.’ The bees followed him in,” said Fire Chief Calvin Chaney.
Firefighters had to fight through the swarm of bees to help Hicks’ wife Zoni out of the house and to safety.