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Niagara River daredevil dies riding rubber barrel
In Niagara Falls Ontario a 38 year old river showman known as Red Hill died in a spectacle to ride the falls in a rubber barrel. The device broke on rocks below the Horseshoe Falls as spectators watched from Maid of the Mist. His brother Lloyd Ull and others attempted rescue.
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