Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1904 — HIGH-DIVER HURT. [ARTICLE]

HIGH-DIVER HURT.

The high-diver over at the Monticello corn show Tuesday met with a probably fatal accident on his first attempt to dive from the top of the court house there. He was to land in a net, but the net was not strong enough and he went right through it, striking the cement walk with great forc e. He was picked up in a bleeding and bruised condition and taken to the hotel, where he still remains in a precarious condition. He is partially paralyzed and his recovery is doubtful. The height he dove from was about 95 feet. Some straw had been placed under the net which partially broke the force of the fall, otherwise he would have been instantly killed.