LEAP FROM BRIDGE
MAN’S DEATH AT SYDNEY
FALL SEEN BY LAUNCH CREW. ALIVE WHEN PICKED UP. FATHER OF EIGHT CHILDREN. United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received II a.m. to-day. .SYDNEY, June 11. Francis Thomson, aged 51, leaped from the harbour bridge and was killed. His body fell alongside a Customs launch and splashed the officials. The crew of the launch saw the body hurtling through the air and the man was still alive when dragged aboard. He died later. . „ He leaves a wife and eight children.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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88LEAP FROM BRIDGE Hawera Star, Volume LI, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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