CALIFORNIA MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH DURING 'HUMAN FLY' DEMONSTRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On August 31, 1924, The Evening Star reports George Oakley of Pasadena, California fell from the 4th floor of an office building here in Chambersburg yesterday "while giving a 'human fly demonstration'."
Mr. Oakley had climbed "up the outside of the building" while his wife held an automobile inner tube which her husband attached a cane to steady himself.
The tube broke and Mr. Oakley fell to the pavement. The Star says his injuries most likely will cause death.
SOURCE
"'Human Fly' Injured," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 31, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
Cover Scan of Human Fly, No. 10
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