A NEW GIANT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1506, 14 March 1887, Page 4

A NEW GIANT.

On January 10 there appeared at the London Pavilion, for the first time m this country, the tallest man whose height has been recorded m medern times. The now g ant is an Austrian uamod fl inkelm^ler and his hofght is 8 feet 9 Inch a, which jsaevcral inches more than that , f Chang, the Chinese B ,ant. Winkelmoier was bo. n at Fnedburg, nenr falsburg, Upper Austria, m 1866, lis parents bdn R i«a humblec al.ot, m life. He is tho youngest cf a family of fivo children, none of whom aro of abnormal stature, nor are hi» parents or grandparanta unusually tall His tfngersßpan two ootaveß on a piano, and the stretch of hiß anna is enormous. He showed no development of this extraorriihn? ai gt °7i l P \° fJ 6 a^ B of fourteen, but Binct » then he has been growing rapidly and med.cal aulhori.iea m Berlin and Pars have .expressed the opinion that he fa likely to mo-ease till he is twonty-five. The young man f fl healthy, • aironj, and ntelllgent. Bayond doubt he ia one of the greatest cunoßitieß cf the day, and his appearanoe side by eide with • diminutive meraqer of the Schaffer troupe of acrobats was extraordinary. A huge bed baa been cons' ructed for him m the building of the Pavilion, which will be ms bvtae for some timH to come.