The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

Titi BALLOON ACCIDENT AT NBIVCASITLB-

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THE INQUEST.

Oa Saturday, an inquest was held at the Infirmary, New-
James Barlow Hall. counnerdal traveller for Messrs.
Evans and Stafford, Leicester, said the declared WY ble
brother. Notre was monied. and lived at Attercliffe,
near Sheffield. For the last three years he was en aeronaut,
anckezchuiivdy wi for the last twelve months.
Joseph Potts, Inspector of polite, said he was at the
Northumberland cricket-ground on Monday, when the
balloon ascended with deceased in the car. He was about
twenty yards from IL He saw the deceased before he got
into the car ; no one accompanied him, Witness continued
to watch the balloon for shout an hour, with the excepff on
of a abort interval, when it came down env the earth, and
then rose again. Deceased, when the balloon had wended
about twenty yards from the cricket ground, gut out of the
car, and performed some daring ban up in a trapeze, AN
the balloon continued its .scent. Be could not ray that
deceased was the norm for liquor. Deceased had conducted
the whole of the proceedings connected with the infiati,n of
the balloon.
John Dunn, farmer, at Scott's Honor, near West Bolden,
said be was in a oorn field near Scott's Homes. His two eons
were with him. The balloon pawed over their heads at the
height of about 40 feet, and went over a hedge about 140
yard* distance from them. The balloon " buffed" along
the ground; it jumped up and down about fifteen or treaty
ya'. The bellows again emended, end when a cprisider-
ablerd height—he thought about 100 yards—he saw the man
in the car. The man got deliberately to the edge of the oar,
with his belly lying over and his head banging downwards,
and then he dropped to the earth. The balloon would he
about 160 yards distant from him (wither) when the man
fell. He tell in a clover field.. They went to him a fast es
they could, ad found him initeneible. They were about on
hour in the field before they got any sesistanos.
Andrew Bolton, house surgeon, said demised wax brought
to the infirmary about half-pat twelve on Tuesday, and
died on Friday night, from asphiria, produced by pressure
upon the spinal cord. He had made a post mortens ex-
amination of the body. When deceased wee received
into the institution, be was suffering from pavers injuries
to the upper part of the spine, palsy of the lower
extremities, and difficulty of breathing. Under the treat-
ment of the doctors he wee very touch relieved, but gra-
dually became insensible, sad sank from the &aphis"' o•
Friday night. He should think the injuries had teen pro-
duced by a fall fr,m a height of about thirty fest. If the fall
had been higher the injuries would have been greater, sad
death almost inetantaneous. He had a good dial of conver-
sation with deceased, and in reference to the accident de-
ceased spau of his anxiety to descend as quickly a per
Bible, as he was afraid of being carried out to sea. In hie
hurry he threw out the grapnels ; his feet got en
aid
he made every effort to get loose. Deceaned also epoke of him
ensagements. There was no injury to the brain.
The jury returned a vontkt to the effect that deceased
cbrio.e to his death by accidentally felling from the car of •
TM coroner expeestel • hope that the reporters would say
what they amides behalf of the subeeription which had
been oonannsood fee the widow of the deceased.

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