Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-04-19 | Page 1 | 76 Others Didn't

76 OTHERS DIDN'T Circus High Diver Survives Foot Golden Gate Leap SAN FRANCISCO April 19 UP Frank UP-Frank Frank H. H Gushing Cushing year 42 old circus thrill artist plunged from the Golden Gate bridge to the water feet below Saturday in ina a carefully planned publicity stunt Of 77 71 other persons who have Jumped from the bridge only one over ever survived Cushing Gushing was fished from the choppy cold waters of the Golden Gate by a startled fisherman Manuel Manuel Man Man- uel No Noto to as dawn was Vas breaking 1 nearly two hours later Cushing Gushing whose specialty is dropping dropping drop drop- I ping from a foot foo tower into a tank containing five fhe feet teet of water said he once Jumped from the Manhattan Manhattan Man Man- hattan bridge feet above the East river in New York He said he chose the early mornIng morning morn morn- ing lag hour for his feat because there was a minimum of ot traffic on the bridge at tho time tide conditions were most favorable and fishing if I i i i J I boats which he might hit hit in the i plunge hadn't yet started out through the Golden Gate Cushing Gushing wore a crash helmet three pairs of slacks over a sponge rubber set of knee pads and a womans woman's girdle over a a. spinal pad of ot sponge rubber robber a Mae West Vest life Ute preserver and over that a life jacket Around his waist he wore a foot 30 rope and an life lite raft A flashlight hung from froma a second rope I 1 Jumped oft off backward feet first using my head for a rudder I can guide myself that way I Iwas Iwas Iwas was in the air about six seconds Gushing Cushing said The Impact ripped my helmet and one set of ot slacks off oft and I blacked out for tor a second or two When I came to I inflated the raft and started drifting Three or four boats passed me mo by It was a couI couple cou ecu I pIe of ot hours before one picked me meI I up L lL St i c i