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FAMOUS PARACHUTIST’S LAST JUMP United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyrlgb t AVIGNON, March 16. An eventful life ended when, after a dive of 1800 feet from an aeroplane, Miss Edith Clark’s parachute failed to open, and dashed her to death. She was a typist, parachutist and lion tamer, a slim blonde with an Eton crop, an American, educated in France. She decided when 17 years of age, despite her parents’ objections, to become an airwoman. She left home and made pottery in the hope of earning sufficient to take an air course, but the proceeds were inadequate, and for this reason she undertook parachuting. Her first stunt was from the roof of a sports palace into a den of lions, after vlich she became a lion tamer. Miss Clark was employed testing parachutes when she was killed.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20679, 18 March 1937, Page 7
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139TRAGIC END Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20679, 18 March 1937, Page 7
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