The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-25
FALLS FROM CIRCUS TRAPEZE
ACCIDENT AT THE GARDEN ON
THE OPENING NIGHT.


~ ISIS Ace and Ne Drspped. Nssasng
Net Other Perfsrmeru. Yr,shaened
when TNey see tine SIaslAaP let 60.
At the opening Of the Barnum A Bailey
circus at Madison square Garden last
night an aerial performer in the fourth
display. named Charley Thall. but listed
on the programme az one Of the Two
Adaos. was performing in -Rymnastic
highdome flights willis eleven other
aerial acts were going on in various rings.
when ThalI got bad fall Of thirty or forty
feet The fall resulted in two broken
wrists for the performer. a bruised left
knee. Iacerated mouth and two broken
teeth. according 70 the surgeons Of the
New York Hospital where Thai was re-
moved after his tumble.
The accident 10 the acrobat occurred
few minutes after the grand entry.
which Opened the circus. and IL 80 un-
nerved the other performers in adj accent
rings that within n few seconds there
were Ave separate mishaps among the
acrObats. but none Of a serious nature
ThSll. a youth % ~ years from Blooming
ton. ~ who had just begun his first
season with circus had been doing an
aerial act with his brother up above the
ring nearest tho Madison avenue entrance
A. his act was ending he started to ~ ing
out through space toward his brother
A. Thall had be-n performing the stunt
he frs, caught his broSher's Outstretched
hands and then almost instantAneously
grasped with his teeth a bit Of rubber
fastened about the brother's waist. letting
60 his hand grasp a. his teeth fastened on
the rubber Last night Thall's teeth bit
the bit Of rubber with such force that two
Of his front teeth broke.
Thalls fall affected his brother - much
that while sliding down the rope a. soon
a. the accident happened he went too
fast and slso struck the ground harder
than one woubd wish to see. but was not
injured. The audience. which had been
trying to watch all the aerial performers
ct once. did not realize that an accident
had happened until the attendants ran
out tn carry the performer into the dress
ing room department. Thai was first
attended by a circus physician and then
removed tn tho hospital The hospital
Internes said last night that Thall's in
juTies are not dangerous.
The GAsps 81 tho audience when IL
realized that an accident had occurred
seemed To affect tho other performers
in the particular display that was Just
drawing to a closs The star performer
Of the number was -Codona." a Mexican
A moment after Thall's accident Codona
droppad -hnEriSdly To thu net beneath
his trapeze over the centre ring. The
net broke. COdOna smashed through the
net meahe~. hut was not hurt.
Also at the same moment the Great
Devirnes. who had been enthusinR the
crowd with hack dives from ladders "a a
table were coming down a rope-two
men and two women when all fell IN a
heap. incidentally knocking over a can
vasman Nobody was hurt.
And while this as going on Mile.
Martha. who had been doing "a novel
aerial performance suspended by the
teeth the fnish ~ which was = spinning
act had come to rho point where she no
longer revolVed and was signalling to
attendants ~ lower her rope thar
leads 10 the block above her head and
which IL supposed To lower her had caught
There was a painful moment before rhe
tangled tackle Was rGhted Then
mann selle was lowered Gloss. to the saw
dust and attendants grasped her dan Cling
legs and lifted her to the ground.
Nobody except ThAll was hurt In two
seconds an Entertaining Number ~
Trained Horses and High School Acts
was CAntsrinR into the arena and not a
gr~a, many had grASped what the inter
ruption vas all about