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Houdini Leaps From Harvard Bridge in Shackled Plunge
Houdini stood manacled on a platform above Harvard Bridge as a crowd of 15 000 to 20 000 watched his 81 second dive into 26 foot water. He surfaced with irons still on, freed himself in 31 seconds, and was pulled to safety by Cambridge officers.
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Harvard Bridge
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Oudini
P. J. Douglas
Cambridge Police
Crawtender
J. A. Gorman
Hibbard
Wardwell
James
Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Bridges Sexton
Joseph Hathaway
Kramer
Mack
Bridge
John Griffiths
Station 2
Cambridge
George W. Brown