Tight Rope Fatality.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7890, 4 August 1905, Page 3

Tight Rope Fatality.

; I'KKFIiHAIKi; l-A1.1.S In IM-11-'.'l ; INSTASTANKuI s nIIATIi. 1 I.OMKIN. .|i„,e 11",. I'in- cmwd:, liuu 11,, i keil l:i Hie C-u- ---| li-iil . . ie.-.el. (irouiiil al Jiaslin,;.-, lo I «ilnes.- liie eaniiviil 1 M -ssi-s Fuli-s! ;i:,xl lii-rril i M ,i lilll.. I i.lin ~i ihe lioi-rilili- si K lu in si,-,.-,- - 10l- 1,1-m. •I'll,; ,11'ieniooll linil well |,ii!v.-,,nvil when ii-im.inn 1 1..\ i.lson „r I i\ill i,. I'll". i.:.-i n, wno -a.i- i,..-.ei- ! ti-..| on 11-.e hills us 111- uri-al-sl !li;;ii .-,,i.e |-e, ■i.llii.l- 5,'... c (lie ■!.... s ~i | It! ll.im. -,i.l 1,.,-, l.eell call,-.I I 111.' ] .Modem 1.i.-iniiM. i".-II I'r ili-i n>|.e ,■<,.,! 1.. . , ui, .1. ,u,o a.is iii.i.null,-, j I n j;.":; „V! \\\,^;.!,.' , T.! ; ..\.''"s"r : '.'.s | ' yi j ;„'".',.,'.:',"'.,",,"', >,';'„' u»AZu,X'\ M '\» el il i.lindl-.i,!. or with Hi:, k-.-l ill ni,.-, . lie ..ov.ii iiphii n Hilh u liali',,s l-.e'a.l or •'■■!•. on a ilhaie. ile. ilad siieii euilidince in himseli thai lie would ii,a liave a e.ili:i:-nel, -nor was Uic-i - on llie ialal f-atuivl jj . . Davidson liail Oe.-n on ihe rope live iniiinles m.a'ii the accnient ha|ipened. lie had sai.l a lew words as was his custom U> lite people watcilintr hi.H ieat-i. Ile luui with him a bahuieiii},' pole In feel Jon.tr. anil seenieil ipiiU' at home. He hi.v down on Jus bad; anil .jimused the crowd h.v kicking his leus' i'n the nil-. Then lie rose ami in u "minute or two lay down again, placing the pole on his knees in order to balance it there, but le, some mishap it rolled oil. n-.11. in aIU-mpl-ini. 10 hold oiit, hoevi.l.-nll;. lost, his balance. Then he made an effort lo rrrnsp the rope, but iailu.l to do so ais lincers only touchili K it, not -rippln- it. It was ( piic!-.l> all over : i,e fell.' the weichl of Ids body cariy- !„-■ mm over, an;l down he, came, timid the excitement, of ihe crowd, ll was u terrible shuck ; he fell on tlw side 'of his'li-ed. and his neck was; wrenched. He rolled over twice, gnrt llin.- gasps, and then iav ni,»tioiiless. I' S Ho)*' <>Hier cotisuibles. Una s„me of trie, crowd l-aii lo his aid. Mr l.oeke. surueon of Wellington s-,,ii-,ie witness-,! the accidift Iroin ,'he Queen's road, and went to the ground to see if aid was needed A very brief examination enabled bur. ~, 'sa\ that the man was dead, his ~/ek bem- broken.