Walking on a Telegraph Wire.— On Saturday afternoon Master Jas. Braham, the young American, performed his feat of walking on a telegraph wire stretched across from the Albion Hotel to the Government wharf, at the Port of Nelson. She height of the wire was promised to be 50ft, but in reality it stood only about loft from the ground, and it was fortunate for Braham that such was the case, for although he succeeded admirably in his first trip, yet, on attempting to return, he had scarcely taken half a dozen paces when the wire broke and abruptly abandoned its occupants to terra Jirma. Not having very far to fall, he contrived to land fair upon his feet, and so escaped without any injury beyond a little shaking and bespattering with mud.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 35, 23 September 1871, Page 15
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