article_snippet.sent: Mr Roberts, a 50-year-old former TV and radio presenter, said 'Daniel, this one's for Daniel' as Daniel jumped off the bridge - in reference to Daniel great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister who died after leaping off the bridge in 1913 .
article_snippet.sent: The 50-year-old former TV and radio presenter, from Marton, Middlesbrough, said: 'I thought it was going to be sheer terror, but I actually really enjoyed it. '
article_snippet.sent: his great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister who died after leaping off the bridge in 1913 was challenged to jump off the bridge by a friend after drinking in a pub in Port Clarence in a bet worth a sixpence.
article_snippet.sent: his great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister who died after leaping off the bridge in 1913 died on May 4, 1913 at the age of 30.
article_snippet.sent: Newspaper articles from 1913 about his great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister who died after leaping off the bridge in 1913 death (pictured) tell how his great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister who died after leaping off the bridge in 1913 'dived to Mr McAllister's death' and drowned following an 'amazing act of bravado' The cause of death was listed as: 'Shock and suffocation from drowning through jumping from the Transporter Bridge in a spirit of bravado whilst under the influence of drink.'
article_snippet.sent: Father-of-two Mr Roberts, who grew up listening to stories about Father-of-two ancestor, managed to track down his great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister who died after leaping off the bridge in 1913 death certificate, which listed Father-of-two as a general labourer of Washington Street in Middlesbrough.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Roberts, who was handed a sixpence and a beer after Father-of-two jump this week, said: 'A century after Daniel was killed, and in a bid to exorcise the ghost of my ancestor, I decided I would have a go at his jump this week as well. '
article_snippet.sent: The Daniel McAllister story has been in the family for over a century. '
article_snippet.sent: No one really believed it to be true as all attempts to link it to the 1913 bridge jump had failed due to searching the wrong line of the family tree. '
article_snippet.sent: Then we found a 1899 marriage certificate of Daniel's sister Emily, which opened a new route and this finally provided the link we needed.'
article_snippet.sent: Mr Roberts confirmed Mr McAllister death on May 4, 1913, when Mr McAllister was just 30-years-old .
highlights_snippet.sent: His great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister jumped to His great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister death at same spot .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: His great-great-uncle Daniel McAllister jumped off bridge in drunken bet for sixpence 100 years ago .
  