Sunday June 11: Sharp sands of broken bone

1955

Motor sports hell, 1955

"Blackest day" for motorsports when 77 killed in Le Mans, France motor race disaster as Mercedes Benz crashes into grandstand and explodes

11:12
What are you thinking?
- I’m thinking cold moonlit winds and sharp sands of broken bone. I’m thinking James F. Joyce. What do you think I’m thinking?
About the wallpaper. Will it suit the bedroom mirror?
13:19
Showing victory for the commissar and tea parties in the afternoon sun:
Rare film footage of the 1916 Rising and other historic Irish events has sold for €95,000 at an auction in Dublin this afternoon.
17:39
The dirtiest of the dirty Dubs:
Six men were picked up by taxi in Inchicore village and driven towards the city. A fight broke out between two of the men and the taxi driver removed them from his cab.
While this was happening another passenger stole the taxi which crashed in a single vehicle collision at 2am.