CINEMA DAREDEVIL KILLED.
TERRIBLE DEATH OF THE “HUMAN FLY.” New York, March 5. Harry Young, the so-called “huma> fly,” a professional climber up the sides of skyscrapers, fell to death from the ninth storey of an hotel while he was engaged in a publicity feat for a forthcoming Harold Lloyd film entitled “Safety Last.” Young’s back was placarded with “Safety Last Incorporated,’’ which name lias been adopted'by an organisation of dare-devils who make a living by risking their lives in public and to whom assurance companies refuse to grant policies because of the excessive risk. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 71, 7 March 1923, Page 5
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98CINEMA DAREDEVIL KILLED. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 71, 7 March 1923, Page 5
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