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* MAN FALLS 130 (FEET. MIRACULOUsTisCAPE FROM DEATH. Sidney D. Wright, aged 22, a labourer, living at ' No /i, Qreat Bucking ham-street Redfern, 1 Avas at vrork on a building in course o'A erection tor Birt and Co., in Bridge-street when he slipped and fell from the tenth story, a distance of i3°ft. He had a miraculous escape from death. He somersaulted several t?m---r-s in the air, .and landed on a large bunch of telephone wires in front of the building. 'He £roke several of them. For a few' seconds he seemed dazed, but recovering himself, .crawled along -the wires to- the telegraph pole, and got to earth again. Unassisted- ' he r tnen went into the office, 'of John Howe .and Sons, the contractors for the building. Assistance was .offered by Constable Bruce, but Wright declined 4, and appeared to be none the worse for his unenviable experience: • The . only ' mark on htm was a slight ."scratch on the t right arm. . ,
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Grey River Argus, 26 June 1914, Page 6
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