"stepple Jack" Fell To Hit Death
Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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William Spencer, of Detroit, one ol the most daring chimney and spire climbers of his time, known the country over as "Steeple Jack," was killed in New Brunswick, N. !., by a fall fvom an aerial perch sixty feet above the ground. His neek was broken, and he died almost instantly. His fearlessness in attemptinj hazarduous tasks engendered a dearee ol carelessness that ultimately brought him to his end. He was paintinjr a tall stack and used a wire too light to ho)d his weight
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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register