Archin Russell - 10 December 1932

Last name
Russell
First name
Archin Ernest
Date of attempt
Gender
Male
status
Died
Newspaper
The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette, 12 December 1932, p. 7
  • shortly after 9 am a man jumped from railings on the city side of the southern pylon and crashed to death 160 feet below on Hickson Road
  • 17th leap from bridge and 15th death
  • from Randwick
  • Witness saw a man sitting on the railing but before he could reach him he leaped
  • Practically every bone in the man's body was broken and the corpse was the most shattered the ambulance men had seen