EXTRAORDINARY SCENE ON LONDON BRIDGE.
On the afternoon of August 29th, shortly after one o’clock, a scene of unusual excitement occurred on London Bridge. A party of young men had been discussing Captain Webb’s feat in a tavern near the bridge, when one of the party, named Rawlins, said he would bet a pot of beer he would jump into the river Thames from London Bridge. The bet was accepted, and on nearing the second arch on the City side he got on to the parapet, and dived head foremost into the Thames. At the time the bridge was crowded by pedestrians, and the excitement was intense. Rawlins immediately rose to the surface and swam towards Old Swan steamboat pier, and several watermen, who thought it was an attempt at suicide, rowed after the young man. Captain Dean, of the London Steamboat Company, threw out a rope, and the man, who was a first-class swimmer, got on to the steamer. Inspector Moore, of the Thames Police, was informed of the affair, and went in pursuit of Rawlins, but he made his escape, finding the police were looking for him.
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Globe, Volume IV, Issue 428, 27 October 1875, Page 3
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189EXTRAORDINARY SCENE ON LONDON BRIDGE. Globe, Volume IV, Issue 428, 27 October 1875, Page 3
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