PARACHUTE FAILS TO OPEN
i; Adventurous Woman Dashed t to Death c E FORMER LION-TAMER* (Eeceived 17, 1.45 p.rn.) AVIGNON, March 16. An eventful life ended when, after a dive of 1800 feet from an aeroplane, Edith Clark's parachute failed to open and she was dashed to death. She had been a typist, parachntist and lion-tamer. She was a slim blonde with an Eton crop. Educated in America, she came to France and decided when 17, despite her parents ' objections to become an airwoman. She left home and made pottery in the hope of earning sufficient money to take an air t course, but the proceeds -were inade- r quate aiid for this reason she undertook 1 parachute jumping. Her first stunt was c from the roof of a sports palace into p a den of lions, after which she became a lion-tamer. s Miss Clark was employed testing t parachutes when she was killed. t ____________ c
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 52, 17 March 1937, Page 5
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