Unidentified

david
  • two girls walking across the bridge joking spoke of jumping over when they saw a man climb to the top rail and then leap into the water
  • "Just wait till we get to the middle and I'll oblige" Miss Watson said jokingly. "Perhaps this man will do so instead" then he leapt over
  • the girls ran to the toll bar. The constable on duty informed the water police whose search was unsuccessful.
  • the man appeared to be well-dressed, young and of small build
  • since the Government decided to erect an anti-suicide fence last November, five men have jumped from the bridge.
  • Death toll now 41
  • work has commenced on the safety fence, but some time must elapse before it is completed
Date of attempt
Newspaper
The Evening News, 6 January 1934, p. 5
Gender
Male
status
Died