HUMAN CANNON-BALL
A circus performer known as " Leinhert, the Human Cannon-Bail," was killed during a performance of his act at Manila. His back was broken when the net failed to break his fall sufficiently after he had been shot from a cannon,.
His real name was Martin Brado, of Dresden, Germany. He appeared with Mr. Bertram Mills' Circus in 1930, and broke his leg while performing at .Oxford.,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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68HUMAN CANNON-BALL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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