New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-10
BRODIES LONGEST DROP
A LEAP OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE
FEET
yrrapING OFF THE NEW RAILROAD BhiD'h AZ
Observation-Disclosures BY THE FALL"

JUMPING OFF THE NEW RAILROAD 1hiD'D Al
po,,cuvrppsrr-INJuRED BY THE FALL.
Tho feat accomplished yesterday oy steve
-. - ,u,,rc of the new railroad bridge az
uo,ahbso,.is into the Hudson River, us''i'oo vi
90 Too, throws in tho shade the Efforts oil sam a'"'
Robert donaldson, Monroe Bechiei' 'opoi' ''
Lawrence Donovan and other oriuso ,
poupbkeepse bridge Is higher than uno i
bridge AT Niagara Fails or the Brooklyn nros'' ~
weeks ago. ALL Davis and NUMBER VI -.
were in Brodie's rum shop ia 'no Do'
feats OF Brodc in this line. ,,,. -
Davis remarked that the Poughkeepso '''us Voc
too high for Brodic to jump from. brouo S'a vac"
he would bet $3.50 against $500 ina, h' ~ -
nrsh the feat Davis took up the Dei' "u' :. "
mcnts were made. To mislcad tho au,ho'''', ""
.rno,nccd that Brode had boon matched 10 lump On
~" tIortord bridge in London, the place where
y, .uorca NJ Donovan met his death a ie" hioh'hs
ago. ,,.,sd Drodie
made several visits to the bridge 10 S"''. .i r
nroacbes and devise means OF getting past 'no
mon and avoiding the vigilance OF inc pruso """''
tiles who had become suspicious that hc '''o""" ~
,,emnt the leap Both ends Of the bridge wero oodueo
~ and u,,tchmen were placed on duty day ana hsh'
pod,o was confident that he could clude inc "ach-
mo, and IN Thursday night. he, his trainer anu II"
friends started for the bridge. TO avou SUE
some Of them went nj on the new ORR No ~, Nm
I,Sio and bts trainer went tho west Shoo mar
road to Highland on the west BANK =, OF me rnT
HOW THE JUMP WAS MADE
r> Ill MO, NJ Dean,s Hotel at IL 80 p. m Brodie
80 rvhhcd all over with whskcy, his ankles "ero
hound with cotton bandagcs. cotton wanuine "",
n,aced ON his back and chest lhe-oci' wac -,
around his waist, and under his arnis WI. -
1,1 ,ho- life boIts not inflated. Then he put on
his ordinary clothing and started OIL LOT te lii
tho west end of the bridge Joins the shorc' ,
H. ver prodie had got some distance past the hrst
| ahutment of the bridge, without any oil 'ho "".
having seen him, His friends below, III sh'aii oo'
Saw him getting ready for the great leap ana Owea
nearer the middle OF the stream Brode shou'e" '"A'
he was ready, and then Jumped INTO space
| His bodv was perpendicular and his arms "ere hei.
above his head lie came down for The hrs' hu"ureu
,.ot . straight as an arrow with his right arm thrown
across TO his left shoulder while the lett arm ici "
his side Then his body slanted over to mo nsh'' anu
he struck the water in slanting position ana went
under like big stone
| The buoyancy OF the lfe-belts, which Brou'e nau
inflated lust before he made the jump, soon Drough'
| h,s hodv IN tho surface He was bleeding from tho
nostriIs and ears Short as the time was that he was
under the water. HIS friends had become anxious, ana
BIS trainer Patrick Green went overheard ana aiVco
| down where Brodle had disappeared "heh "roo'
the surface he saw Brodie neans 70 op bm
Brodie unconscious. lie wa soon nau n , ~ VIZ
which was raRdy ps taSn and dueted lin
Of his clothing and applied the usual remedies III
twenty minutos Brodie became conscious and said
Hello, Green ain hurt
INJURED BY THE FALL
A train for Ncw-York carle along and the parry
came on to the city. Brodie was taken Immediately
TO his home at No. III Chrysiest, and Dr. Easan' q
Broome.st was sent for. Tho doctor found ina
three Of BrDdes ribs on the right SIDE were nrohea
H. 1eht arm fractured and the body badly bruised
| Tending a further examination the DOCTOR couhl no
say whether not Brodie would recover. IL wa
feared that he had sustained internal Injuries.
| AT Brode's house, No. III Chrystiest, u was sal
last night that Brodie was not so dan ferousy nIuie
| internally IS at first supposed IL was cApec'e
| that he would soon recover -,
In 1891 BrOde jumped IRON the Aegheny t oruso
$50 on July %, FIVE days later he Jumped on IN
Riooklyn Bridge, 13J feet. He jumepd from the GOV
| inCton KY and ST. Louis bridge in 1857, and ais
swan from Albany TO New-York
! PoughLeepsie Nov. CcpeciaD.-Thc bridge authoi
ties say Brodle dropped from the lower cord Of Nh
bridge which IS only 1875 feet above high-water MARI