Song about Micheal Smith

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Wearmouth Bridge


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  • Description

    A folk song about Micheal Smith, a American living in Sunderland, jumped off the Wearmouth Bridge for money, he amazingly survived and swam to the riverbank. The crowds who watched started giving him money as a reward because of this the Police arrested him for begging.

  • Owner

    Sunderland Public Libraries

  • Source

    Sunderland Public Libraries (Flickr)

  • License

    What does this mean? Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

  • Further information

    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33844814@N06/3613385267/
    Resource type: Image
    Last modified: 7 years, 10 months ago
    Viewed: 964 times
    Picture Taken: Unknown

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