RODEO SENSATION
(Press. Assn.—
MANY INJURED BUCK JUMPERS CREATE WILD SCENES IN ADELAIDE POLICE POWERLESS
-By Telegraph — Copyright) .
Rec. Sep. 4, 6.30 p.m. Adelaide, Sept. 4. A sensation occurlred at a rodeo carnival at the Jubilee Oval, yesterday, in honour of the 75th birthday of the cattle king Sir Sydney Kidman. Forty-five thousand were present and hundreds were unable to gain admission Scores of persons fainted before the show began. Many climbed roofs and one man fell through a skylight 30 feet and fractured his skull. The police were powerless to control the surging crowd. Several fright maddened buck jumpers from the cattle country plunged among the spectators and there were over 100 minor casualties, 30 of which were caused by flying hoofs.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 319, 5 September 1932, Page 5
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