ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 28, 1935 

* Ocean Park Pier - Santa Monica, California death 
* Human Cannonball into Pacific Ocean stunt w/ photo 

The top of page 2 has a three column photo with heading: "Scene of Death of 'Human Cannonball'" Also a one column heading: "Substitute 'Human Cannonball' Killed" with subhead. (see images) See below for details. 

Complete 1st section with all 12 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally good.

Background: On July 27, 1935, stuntman W. C. Miller met a tragically rare end at the Ocean Park Pier near Santa Monica, California, when a human cannonball spectacle went catastrophically wrong. Fired from a custom cannon with enough force to propel him 125 feet into the air, Miller was intended to land safely in the Pacific Ocean, but the sheer velocity of his impact with the surf immediately knocked him unconscious, causing him to submerge before rescue boats could reach him. What makes this tragedy particularly notable—and exceedingly rare among the already perilous history of human cannonball fatalities—is that unlike the overwhelming majority of performers who died from missing safety nets or hitting dry ground, Miller was lost entirely to the ocean currents, leaving his body unrecovered and prompting local authorities to immediately impound the apparatus and initiate a regional crackdown on high-risk aquatic stunt acts.