The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-05 00:00:00

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tunate aeronaut was dragged across it. This is at
the summit of the hill, and the balloon passed over the
quarry. 851(1 egainst a house near it occupied by a man
named Edward Kershaw, and it strong gust of wind
again dashed the machine forwards with such force that
Mr. Goulston struck the wall heavily, about ten feet
from the ground. Another sickening splash of . blood
marks the spot. Hero some ,Villagers came up, and
some of theta holding last by the ropes, while others got
bold of the balloon, a keife was run in through the side,
the gas allowed to escape,
eland its progress finally
checked. The people who ti ,t came to Mr.' Goulitert's
assistance say they fotind him head downwards, com-
pletely entangled in the netting, that V- y had t the
forte ie liberate his body. Their' assistance,'4- however,t'
was too late. Life was probable juct ebbing at the mo-
ment, for all they noticed eras a-deep sob and y, rr
two, and his last sensations of this: life appear- t- a have
ended. His remains were subsepiently removed to the
Three Cre'i''u,Ple, at Austerlandee Where that:ir>itt pro-
bably remain ;ill the inquest. The ,blows "
e
walls appear to have gone aksiest: tb-e right Teialuesl
cheek, both of which are entirely beaten in • tia°e annr
msinder of the fece has escaped with a few "isratChees-
and the body es wijieut injury except a resii. scratches
on the right shnulder. The shocking occurrence' took
place about fire minutes to eight-o'clock ; for about ten
minutes- later, when Mr. Goulston'a watch was taken
from Ilia pocket, it `'was still 4oing, and the fingers
pointed to five minutes past eight. .Mr. Jennyson, the
proprietor of ;the Belle-Vue Gardens, did nbt receive
tidings of the'Siid catastrophe tilt next morning, when
his son went over, and the balloon ,Wai also recovered.
It is said that young Mr. Jennysod. Was•to have gone
up with' r: Gouldon, atld thht a petson connected with
the press was also anxio ato have...gene, but bad
weather and a short sup ;, tof gas nuinced him to de-
dine taking a* comps .1.: hit. '.4"tnittysen triO• to
dissuade., bitn, , ; lask-elyring._;
to the stormy state of the weather, but he
said the people would be greatly disappointed,
and he would not listen to such solicitations. The
wall against which Mr. Goulston appears to have
struck first is 838 feet distant from Kershaw's house.
His hat was found in the bottom of the car, along with
an open clasp knife. Mr. Sadler, it appears, made an
ascent from Warrington 25 years ego this month, and
made a safe descent et the foot of Stone Breaks Hill,
but a short distance from the scene of this fatality. The
son of Mr. Goulston thinks it not unlikely that his fa-
ther became entangled in th© ropes while endeavouring
to step from the car, for it was his first ascent alone, and
he had declared his intention, if he found a difficulty in
landing, of stepping out when he got near the ground,
anywhere, and leaving the balloon to go where it might.
As we have before stated, Stone Breaks Hill, which is
marked on the Ordnance survey, is eight miles north-
east of Manchester direct, but rather more than a dozen
by the roads. Mr. Goulston appears to have been killed
about 25 minutes after he left Belle-Vue Gardens." his
principal previous ascents had been made with the late
Lieutenant Gale, who met with a similar fatal catas-
trophe.