On This Date in Minnesota History: August 26

August 26, 1947 – “High above the [Minnesota State Fair] grandstand turf, Lloyd Rellim rode a bicycle back and forth across a narrow bar at one end of a 30-foot-long metal frame. Another performer twirled on rings and a trapeze bar at the other. Near the end of the performance, the frame jerked as it was being lowered for Rellim’s dismount. He lost his balance and fell 75 feet to” his death.

http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/113

Minn. State Fair Grandstand Seating

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain August 26, 2015,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

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