DEATH FOR A WAGER.
WALKER FROZEN TO DEATH. ! Frank Fletcher, aged 50, a noted globe-trotter, was frozen to death! while on an expedition from San FranCisco to Buenos Aires in the course of a walking tour round the world. He undertook the tour for a wager of £2OOO and one of the terms was that he should-, Sleep under the skv at all t'nte= While fulfilling this agreement ' Fletcher lost his life. He Vent to' sleep alongside a haystack; and during £ke night the weather turned bitter!?--cold. He had no protection, and so wag- frozen. By r the terms of the wager he was to walk the entire distance to Buencs Aires, and not use an automobile, train,or even a pair of roller skates. Fletcher claimed that he had beaten the record-of Edward Weston, and he hoped to establish a new record for .walking round the world.'
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Otaki Mail, 7 January 1924, Page 3
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