Joseph Jakob

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Joseph Jacob (1886 - June 14, 1908), was a stunt diver who died during a 100 foot dive at Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, New York City.

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• New York Times; Jun 14, 1908; "10,000 See a Diver Drop to his Death; His Invention to Make 100-Foot Plunge Safe Proves His Undoing. Crowd Cheers at First. Wife's Frenzied Screams Give the First Intimation That All Is Not Right. Ten thousand persons who went to Bergen Beach yesterday afternoon for the opening of the season saw Joseph Jakob, 22 years old, a professional high diver, living at 132 Richardson Street, Brooklyn, meet his death through an imperfection in an apparatus patented by himself for the purpose of helping him in making a dive into the water from a platform erected 100 feet in the ..."

For historian, see Joseph Jacobs