GAME LEADS To TRAGEDY
4fJUMPED 2IN. AND DIED LONDON, Feb. 13.—The victim- of a. party f game, “aeroplanes,” Walter Gardiner, aged 25, of Tadeaster, was blindfolded >and raised on, a, board which, was rocked in imitation of an aeroplane’s motion. Those lifting the board bent low to increase the illusion of height, although the board was ovly 2in. from the floor, and then ordered Gardiner to juinp. He jumped, broke his neck, and died.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 157, 13 March 1939, Page 4
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74GAME LEADS To TRAGEDY Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 157, 13 March 1939, Page 4
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