THE DREAD OF THE “13� UNFOUNDED

THE DREAD OF THE “13� UNFOUNDED

The fateful number 13 appears with strange significance in the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Phuvah Rudd, of North Burton, York’s. Mr. Rudd fell down dead from heart disease on the 13th day of the month. He had been 13 weeks on the village club fund, had, on the day of his death, 13 shillings only left to draw; his youngest son attained his 13th birthday on the day of the funeral which was attended by 13 members of the club and by 13 members of the family, whose total mileage in traveling from their homes to the funeral amounted to 1300 miles. Mr. Rudd’s family consisted of 13 members, including the eldest son, whose official number in the Royal Navy is 13 and who is at present serving on his 13th ship. Mr. Rudd’s baptismal name of Phuvah appears only once in the Bible and that is in the 13th verse of the 46th chapter of Genesis. Thirteen telegrams were dispatched from Hunmanby Telegraph Office announcing the death.