A STARTLING PERFORMANCE.
CHuisxcHtmcH, June 24.
At tho OMfellowf* 1 Hall at the infant hlomlm’rf exhibition on the tight rope, a girl of about eleven years of who had just completed fifty-two miles, having been walking all day, took her little brother, two-and-a-half yearn old, on her back, and mounted the tight-rope. He was blindfolded, but not fastened to her, Her stockings being wet with perspiration, caused her to slip, and ahe screamed “ I am falling, ’ and immediately fell, fortunately from no great height, as over the stage. Sho sustained no farther injury than a bruise on one arm, and a considerable shaking. The little fellow was also somewhat bruised. Tho police at once stopped performance, and the father of tho children promised not to continue the show.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7222, 18 July 1884, Page 8
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128A STARTLING PERFORMANCE. New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7222, 18 July 1884, Page 8
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