Item title reads: “ “The Battle Of Gower Street“. Raiding party from King’s college fail to capture University College Mascot “Phineas“ in a most hotly contested “battle-rag“ years.“
London
M/S of students with an effigy of ’Phineas’ which is stood up by a wall. The flour bomb fight begins, and it looks like a full pitched battle, with flour being hurled and people rushing about. Some form a scrum and others try to run away. A man uses a hose on some of the students, and there is a big rush of people trying to escape into a sideway. Others are seen climbing over railings.
Note: Exciting scenes witnessed for this student stunt, which looks funny and quirky.
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