U.S.A. ACROBAT
KILLED IN HUDSON RIVER
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NEW YORK, Sept. 21. Norman Terry was killed in a two hundred feet leap from the centre span.•'of the new Hudson River bridge. Ho was making aii attempt to break the world’s record for -an altitude jumpj'!, 1 Terry-carried a twenty foot sail as a makeshift parachute, blit he struck an air pocket, and he, fell on his back, dying in fifteen minutes. -I During hie daring career lie had disported on aeroplane wings, had hopped from one plane to another, a tightrope between sk.vpwipers, and had done other similar feats.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 3
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