EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. An extraordinary accident happened to Mr. Robert Shiverick, son of an American millionaire, at Hamilton, Ontario, last month, during a performance by the Imperial Russian ballet dancers. Mr. Shiverick was sitting in the second row from the footlights, watching the soldiers in a dancing and fencing scene, when the sword blade of M. Nordick, a leading dancer, became loosened and flew off, penetrating Mr. Shiverick's skull. Several ladies fainted, and it was necessary for one man to hold Mr. Shiverick aside while another wrenched out the blade-
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 8 April 1911, Page 9
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89Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 8 April 1911, Page 9
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