DIED OF HEART FAILURE
PARACHUTIST’S FATE. WAS TO HAVE ATTEMPTED RECORD. (Tinitod Pr etm Association —By Electric Telegrapfc Copyright.) Received 1 p.m. to-day. COPENHAGEN, March 7. John Tranum, famous parachutist, wing-walker and crazy flier, ascended to 30,000 feet in order to attempt a record jump, including 25,000 feet delayed drop. He was about to climb out when suddenly he signalled the pilot to descend. When) the plane reached the ground Tranum was found dead from heart failure.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 8 March 1935, Page 7
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