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South African Locust Plague.

Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, February 21, 1922

Locusts in immense swarms which covered the permanent way and brought the engine to a standstill held up a train on the Groaff Reinet line, South Africa, for two hours. Passengers and officials, by sweeping steadily with improvised brooms for two hours, continued partially to clear the line to allow the journey being resumed. The insects were a couple of feet deep in places.

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