Death Of Mr. Sadler.
The Times, 1824-10-04T00:00:00

(Prom the Maandceuter Guardia.) It is edr pranful teak to have to record another fatal t eadetAt, arising from the dangerougsand uselesa praetteof aerotatio. Pgtr. stuant to his public notices to that ef`ect, Mr. IV.Y W. Sadler, soon after two o'elock on Wednesday last, ascended in his balloon from I the yard of the Bolton Gas Works, accotipaanied br au lrtitrUnva s named Donnell, who is now a watchnmast In iDverpool, but had been emploved in the Liverpool gta-yard, under MIr. 8adler, when that gentleman was engaged in the establishmcnt of the works there. The ascent was majestic; but the weather being vindy and vry cloudtty, the ballotsn, which rose quicklY, was soon carried out ef sight. It proceeded at first in a north-easterly direction, but it an. pears to have subsequentiy changed ItN course to one of due nwrt . About three, as our accounts state, but we are inclined to dtink it must have been sormewhat earlier, the balloon was seen descending rapidly, ver- near the orks of Messrs. Simpson Haigh, and Co. at Fox.hill tank four miles east of Blackburn, ant thirteen or four. teen north of boiton, ana Mlr. eat threw out his grap- Bliag iron, wMich attached ictslf to a tree. Unfortunately, towever. the rope broke, and the balloqon was carried forwaras reveral lundred yards, sometimes dra mggingthe ear on the ground, and somnetimes dashing it agasitt trtee, nuseut, or whatever happened to be in the line of itst course. At length the car struck against the chinney of a cottage, belonging to MN t.Sinmpson,lfaigh, and Co., which It knocked down, whilst, by the Vio5leceof the concussion, ir. Sadler was thrown out, and, one foot havingbecomeenta"ledamongst the cords. hung, some amcounts say, withi his head downwards. Other reports state that he was unseated at the time the grappling. cord broke, and hiad hold of a rope by the hands. Be this as it may, the balloon, after striking the chimney, rose .gain a little and in a few moments Mr. Sadler was precipitated from a height of] 20 to 25 yards to the ground. He feU in a small tneadow very near Mesars.Sitnpson andiCo.'. print..worlrs. Theaccidene w7as seen bv many spectators,and asvistance was imarediatelyonthe spot; Qr. Sadlerwas found ai a state of insensibility,and carried to theflog, a neighbouring publilc house. Surgical aid wasinet3antlYslentfor; and on examinatioxn, AMr. Sadler's skull was found to be terribly fractured, a considerable portion of it compresing the brain. Thisinjury heitsbelieved tohave received previous to his fall firom the balloon, wIhen the car struck the chimney. Some of his' ribs were broken, and hig body was much bruised. In addition to the meUicsl genttemen of` the neighbourhood, MWr. Barlowv and Arr. Duedale, of Blackburn, st..- tended him as soon as possible, and by the former Kentleman the. necemary suitical operation waq perfobrned on his s4lnl, and several loose piece8 of bone were removed. All, howtever, w7as in vain:. he linzered speechless, though apparently in a state of great sgulering, until eight o'cock on Thursday mornini, when he expired. The balloon, lightened by hIr. sadler's ejectiOn firom It, rose again (his companion, wris states himself to have been for somRe time previ- oasly insensible, but aroused to a degree of eonzsutnsntess by hear. ing the shrieks of the spectators at seeing *Mr. Sadler's fall, remain.. ing at the bottom of the car), ant vasc arried on, bythe forci of theI in3, about four miles northiward, to the neigabourhood of Whal- ley. Hlaving by thirs timne, In srnma degree, recovered his presence of mind, Donnell pulled the valvecord, and began todescend; butflndflng the ground untavour-able for alighting, he closed the valve again, and the balloon having been trailed alo/ng the ground some distance,, the car at length came In contact vrith some sails which divided two fields, and he was thrown out by theibhock. In the fall he broke his left armn, and receivedl ssme veryslevere contuslions upon the he?d and body. e was enabled, however, to bear being caxried back t5 Bolton the samr.e evesing in a chaise, and now lies at the Eagle and Child InnE in that town, waithi evcry'prospect of recovery. The bal- lOon, freet by the loss of both its pisSengers from all incumbrance, again rose, was borne no rthwards owards Yorlsshite, and has not since been heard of. Mtr. Sadler. ylhose fate has e-.citedl an unc om- mon degree of public interest and sympath , was the son of a isf- tinguishled aerial navigator, (who is still livig), and had himself ac. complished thirty voyages in safety, amongst which wtas the perilous enterprise of crosing the Irish cbannel; he ascended at Dublin a few years ago, and intended, if possible, to reach Liyer- pool, but was taken up by a boat at sea on the coast of Wales. -aving, from his frequent ascents, obtained so much ex. perience, he had acquired a degreeof self-possession, and of dexterity in the management of hits unwicidly vehicle, which makes it certain that the fataf termination of this, his last excursion, is owin to one of those accidents, against the danger of which it is not probable that either intrepidity or skinl will ever suffice to protect those who vets- ture on this hazardous modetof travelling. .Mr. Sadler some time ago fixed his residence in Liverpool (where he had an estr blushm-ent of'warmn, mnedicated, and vapour bathal and, by the exceUence of his dispositlon and character, had obtained the esteem and rcspect of a rumnerous circle of friends. Early intimnation of the accident he had sustained having been trans- ritted to his family in Liverpool, Mrsa Sadler, on receiving it, set out, in a state of mina which ean be more easily con- ceived than t.escribed, to the place wrhere her husband lay. She passed through Blackburn on Thursday afternoon ; but weould, of course, on her arrival at Hollitroyds, find that lie had been dead many hours. P.[rs. Ssaler, we understand, is left wilth one child, and in an advanced state of pregnancy, and, it is feared, In pecu- niary circumstances which will kive her a strong claim on publie 3ymnpathy. In Bolton, we are infotuene, a subscription kas alrea,dy been opened for her benefit. Another awful occurrence was coinct- dent with taix shocking catastrophe. Mr. Blenkinsop, the landlord of the public-house at Holhitroyd!s, to which ldir. Sadler was carried after his accident, ran ofr instantly with great speed, and in much aitation, to Accrington, for a surgeon. eHe had returned about oOO yards of his wtay homewards, w7hen he was seizedt with an apO- plectic fit, fell downn, and inHtantly expired. e was a man tuch respecret,l and has left a wife and family of fout children to deplore his sudden and untimely deathl, (EX'TtAcT OF A LlETTER.) Captain Fegan, of ills Majestv's revenue cruiser Lapwissg, now in Scarborough Roads, has rnade the following communication :_ "On Wednesday,the 29th of September, at 45 minutespast4 in the afternoon, when lying to under onrstorr.spils, In astrong gale at south, with a hevysEca, Flarnborongh Head bering S. W. by W. 8 leagues, we observed a balloon comlig directly towards us. At five o'clock it fell into the sea about a few miles to the windwzrd of us, and five minutes afterwards totally disappeared. The sc running too high to attemnpt getting our boat out we used every exertion, by making sail to the windward, in the hope of saving the unfortunate adventurers (if any), but I eret to say our endcavourn proved inefFectual."s A reward of ten guineas is offiered for the recovery of the balloon. ___ DEATH of MR. SADLEL