CANNON-BALL ZAZEL
CIRCUS STAR DIES PROUD • OF DISTINCTION Dec 14. Zazcl, circus star; ofthe ‘seventies, “the rage of the London season;* when she \Vas shot from a cannon, has\ died in London. n. This humorous little white haired widow—her husband was Dr. George Starr, who gave up medicine: to join the management side of Barnum’s—xwas the first woman “cannon ball,” a, distinction of' which Vshe was enormously proud; in her old age. It was in 1877 that she was shot 60ft. "into the air at the old Kfjuarium in Westminster, where the Central Hall now stands. Another of hei\. famous acts was to jump from a tight-ropc. She went to America, and while doing this act in New, Mexico, she fell and injured her back. She was in her twenties then. She could not act again, but she never lost her interest in the circus business.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 9, 11 March 1938, Page 1
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146CANNON-BALL ZAZEL Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 9, 11 March 1938, Page 1
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