"THE HUMAN FLY."
NEW YORK, Marhc 22. A steel rocket containing Rodman Law, 'the human fly," m wliich he m- . tended to be shot 35COft. into the air, descending by a parachute, explqded when 800 pounds of powder behind it was fired. Law was hurled twenty-five feet from his seat m the rocket, but was unhurt. Protected by padding and a helmet, Law crawled into the rocket with his parachute and gave the order to fire. The fuse was lighted and spluttered for thirty seconds. There was a burst of flame, a cloud of smoke and a terrific report. Hundreds of spectators, straining their eyes for a sight of the great rocket hurtling through the air, saw it leap forward a few feet and burst into fragments. Law was hurled violently through th© air and to the ground. His hair and eyebrows were burned off. For perhaps ten seconds he was unconscious. Then he got vp N and looked around. that thing," he exclaimed. "I thought I was going up."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13069, 8 May 1913, Page 6
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