On This Day
On This Day, 23 October 1917
On 23, Oct 2017 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Birmingham Daily Gazette
Tuesday 23 October 1917
LIFE FOR A HAT
Michael Magee, aged 28, of 7/130, Longacre, Nechells, Birmingham, whilst jumping from a motor-lorry to recover his hat, which had blown off, was run over and so seriously injured that he died shortly after admission to the General Hospital.
