LEGEND OF NELSON'S HAT.
A rorui.Aß legend about the hat on the statue of Nelson surmounting the column in Trafalgar Square, London, is recalled by the death in Sheffield recently, ,at the age of 53, of Mr. W. E. Harrison, the well-known steeple-jack. There was considerable public argument as to whether the hollow of the hat contained silver and pewter vessels placed there when the statue ■was erected. Mr. Harrison climbed the column in 1896 and found there was no hollow in the hat at all. Mr. Harrison was iv daring steeple-jack. He had climbed some of the tallest of Sheffield's chimneys before he was 14, and he made many other notable accents, both in England and Ireland. His last illness, which extended through two or three years, was caused by a fall. :. ■•■■•';•',- T ;' '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)
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134LEGEND OF NELSON'S HAT. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14853, 2 December 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)
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