DIVE TO DEATH.
TRAGEDY IN THEATRE. AN ARTIST’S FATE. Press Association- Electrio Telegraph--Copyrighfc '(Received Saturday, 9.40 a.m.) • LONDON, Friday. A dive from a trapeze by an artist 'into the stalls of ■■the theatre at Hiiljngborough thrilled the audience, though 'they were unaware that it was really a dive to death. A man named Greuhalge, dressed as ♦ui ape, had. been performing the feat, for thirty years. lie jumped bef ore his ankle was properly secured to the ■trapeze, and crashed headlong into a woman’s lap. ■ She was removed to the hospital with ..a broken leg. The ape man died within a few minutes. The band, struck up a gay march, so Hfdtut the audience did not realise that tragedy had occurred. 1 Greenhalge’s wife, who witnessed the accident from behind the scenes, fainted. Blondin o.nce had a similar experience when he fell into a woman 's lap. in the stalls and broke her legs, but was Stimself uxihprt.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 31 December 1927, Page 5
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