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Dives Ninety-five Feet

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Day
19
Month
July
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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ij ftdon'e tofcest tbrtll te derived v.it of t niiun who dives 95 deel i t ol the aquarium luto :i narruw md comparatl'TOïy shallow tank ,,! v, atar, sel in tlue Hoor i the buildeg. 'ni' exploH calle U iund■ i]iii;n;:tiin oí oecve and kill and u tar more n than any ol thie brJdge-Jumpcmg acd a iii !h trequenl ol late . '! iic is Thoanae Bun, riety aa a diveí trom bridges and os .111 experi swlmmer, ;i :i I no( a lltDiii h,;s 1: :in 32 ïtvea dufftng i'1 He la .a sturdüy built mam, some 26 years of age. I i ■ oa frequemtly dived from bridges over 100 teel h'.gh lato rivera, fout hisdiveat bhe aquarl- a vit.v different alfair. II1 te on a i ny platform suspended among the ■'"' 95 teel (rom I be floor, and sv h:in, knstead ol o broad, deep :. bewilderlng wvni'ú faces, and In , tor ol di -' age what to be ■■ mere the tank vhh he mi ly land lm. T&e tank Ib L8 teel long, s teel ::■ am.il te ti ö - div; aally dlvee, takea a tead r, and does nol drop iremosi . i manner oí tb lie marvelous precdeícm required to l-u i be tank [a eallj appr ci a e ateo the fate tJial w mld iim .-liimld b ; mark. Burns Ie - aerial i,t:1i by meara ol a pope ajad pulley. i ora can ban I i h'.m broügii that dtetaiDce ol perpendicu. 'i'hcy se.' htm peer over he piel form e Ige, i h i hte I duw il. mil I ■ 'rm, u ad tn mi . and comea pïuni lown with stiffiy oiutetretehed arme, imi handa meeting i" üront oj him im regular "hader" taahion. But i üttle more thctn haí?-way down el í.-r.l over hJs back toward his iivail. he turna alnioel eompletely orer ,.,,,,! i rnurmur o! excitement ■it i the usual accomto the dive has voiced itaelf, te si ■, ■ water wlth hia i and back witn a prodigioua Thint. lie skir.is Juet unUer the surtace, seeia'.ng borely i i It, ,-ui i eomea np, tace apward. soarcely breathea hard after ti!' [ons exploAt, and goea oít Imitely tu give an taney swinning In ano tnuMdtng. 'i"1 v-mlri-ínl ekill, tíue superb pluck and the unjnlatakabje elem ni o! dang t Involved !n bhe feat, together with tlie aoi repect ol ;i horrible cataatroiwda i'i bahold h's

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier