Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
CIRCUS TRICK
SAVES HER LIFE
EX-oUEEN OF AIR THINKS
QUICKLY
Aerial Specialist, Yanked Out Of VIM
dow by clothesline, cleverIy Ham
dies Herself, and Allghts SITE
ting Down, Unhurt
special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, Jan. All in vain did
the treacherous pulley-llne snap at
Mrs. Agnes Nyegaard and try to drag
her down to death. She used to be
queen of the air. Therefore she was
able to think I'm mid-air and thus foil
the treacherous hemp. But let this
most interesting history proceed in due
order
only a few years ago the Nyegaards,
aerial specialists, We're well-known
wherever the roar of the circus and
the tinkle of vaudeville were familiar.
Their lofty flights, their perlous pranc-
if,gs in the circumambient ether made
them favorites wherever good acts
were appreciated. But love of home
drew them away from these garish
triumphs, and they settled down in
happy home on the top floor of No.
200 Elm street, Astoria, one mile from
anywhere, and devoted their time to
raising their three beautiful children.
In this delightful domicile at a. IN.
yesterday Mrs. Nyegaard was busy
taking in the family washing from q
pulley-line that ran out to tall pole
sixty-five feet away. The line was
double and endless, as all fiat house
keepers know.
morning paper as Mrs Nyegaard was
drawing in the line and plucking off
the clothes. On account of the damp
ness the rope moved sluggishly through
the pulleys.
Whipped Out of the Window
Suddenly the strap that held the pull
ley at the home end of the line parted
with a loud crack, and away flew the
whole business. Mrs. NYegaard hap
pened to be pulling in the line at that
moment, and the strain of the falling
rope full of clothes whipped her out
of the window, as a snapper flies at
the end of a whip. Her husband
dropped his paper and jumped when
he heard her cry out, but the best he
could do was to touch the heel of her
shoe as she flew out of the window like
a wild bird
IT grabbed at the lower edge of the
top sash, Mrs. Nyegaapd told the
World reporter, but that was only my
left hand, and it wouldn't stick, while
somehow my right hand couldn't let
go of the clothes line that was pulling
me away.
''Well, of course, 1 was able to
think pretty quick on account of my
old act high up in the air.. I know that
1t was forty-fve feet down to the
ground, and my best chance was to
grab the clothes line from the second
floor and try to break the fall. But
I was whipped past that line so fast
that l missed it.
"Then / had to think faster than
ever. / knew my only hope was in the
rope that was pulling me down. L
reached out quickly and twisted it
around my forearm three of four times.
You know, just a few quick twists. If
! had held 1t in my hands it would have
torn them to pieces when l reached
the ground.
well, when I hit the ground 1
struck sitting down, and the clothes
line wrapped around my arms yanked
me along so that I struck the earth
a glancing blow instead of smashing
down on 1t with all my weight,
"Do you see that scraped off place
at the edge of the flower bed? That's
where hit-see how the turf is all
torn up where I scraped along? 1t was
lucky for me that the earth WIS soft
ened by the rain, otherwise I would
have been pretty badly hurt.
II jumped up and shook the clothes
line off my arms. I ran to the back
door and tried to open it, but it was
locked. Then 1 heard my husband
come tearing down the stairs. I beat
on the door.
'Harry!' I hollered, open the door
and let me in. I'm all right He
opened the door. Say, you ought to
have seen his facet"
"Yes," Mr.. Nyegaard put in, 'T was
afraid she was all in. Being out of the
business some years you know, I
thought it was all off for hers"
"But was all right" Mrs. Nyegaard
continued. "Of course, my legs were
more or less scratched up, and 1 was
shaken up good deal. I haven't cared
to eat much all day. but otherwise I'm
all right.
"The worst thing IS that my nice lit
tie shelf here under the outside edge
of the windowsill was knocked off, and
my weeks wash got all dirtied up. See,
I've had to wash it all over again and
put it out on the line"