People - Konishi, Rikan

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Title
People - Konishi, Rikan
Reference
PP-75-1-014
Description
  • Series - PP
  • Box # - 75
  • Folder # - 1
  • Image # - 014
  • Title - People - Konishi, Rikan
  • Description - Rikan Konishi. American citizen of Japanese ancestry who descended into the fire pit of a volcano to recover the bodies of two lovers. The descent was made on June 12, 1932--on a Sunday-. The descent began at 10:08 AM. While anxious thousands thronged the edge of the fire pit/He reached the bodies at 4:03 and returned to safety at 5:03/ The distance down was 900 feet. This flimsy box of chicken wire and box wood, made by himself and slung from a home made sling arrangment were all that saved him from a fiery instant death in this perilous undertaking--an absolutely unique eventt
  • Photo Credit - Maehara, K.
  • Display Date - undated
  • Contributed Metadata -
    Title: Konishi, Rikan - American citizen of Japanese ancestry who rescued 2 bodies from the volcano. Date: June 12, 1932
ID
ark:70111/2jf9
Level
Record
Parent ID
ark:70111/0k1N
Closure Type
Open
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true
Closure Status
Open document, open description