Accident To Mr. Sadler.
The Times, 1824-10-02T00:00:00

(From thc BLickburn Mail,) ail.ofFice, WVed nesday afternoon. It having bten announced that AMr. W. W. Sadler would makc his thirty-first ascent in his balloon from Bolton this afternoon, con. siderable anxiety was felt in this town to have a view of it, as the st_te of the wind was ascertained to be pretty favourable for waiting the aerial voyager in this direction. About 25 minutes before thrce o'clock the balloon was secn rising over the hills on the southcast, and came within about a mile of this town. The grandeur of its approach to the period when it was apparently seen to descend was beyond deicription. Mar.-past four o'clock.-.Wc have just been informed by a person who wras on the Apot. that about 10 minutes before three o'clock the balloon was seen hovering over Holytroyds, in the township of 'urch, about three miles frotii hence, and, in attempting to mzake =coiUescent, the balloon calne in contact with a chimncy, when the sronalut was thrown out of the car' lie held bv the grappling-iron for a considcrable time, and is Supposed to have bcen dragged several hundred yards, durinig whiclh time he was miuchi injured by the toap of trees, chimneys, &c. A t last he fell to the ground, from a heighlt of about 1 or 1O yavrdis. Numbers of peop'e imnmediately ran to his assistance, and he was taken up nmuch bruised, and in a senseless state. He was taLken to the liolytroyds public-house, where evcry attention was paidi hins. The balloon immediately ascended, and wa. soon out or sight. Half-past , o'cIock.-Jamres Barlow, Esq., and Mr. Div-dale, sur- gron, have ,ust been sent for to attend the unfortunate gentleman, w;ho, wve sndesttand, is not expected to recover. Half-past 6 o'clsak--We have just been infornied that lMfr. Sad- Jer vas atcomPanied by a man-servant, and that the balloon made anotter descent on r. Taylor's estate, near' Whalley, when the srvant was thrown out, and lhad his armlt brsken, and was otherwise much brmised. A chaise was imnediately procured, and le set off for Ilolton. The balloon again ascended, and has not up to this hour been secured. The above report has been hastily gathered, and may not, perhaps, be entirely correct. EXTRACT FROUL A TRIVATE 1ETTER. " Blackburn, Sept. 29. " Sadler went tip in his balloon to-day Irom Bolton, accompanied by his servant.man, and J have Just heard that he was tbrown out, about four miles from hence, and his man was thirown out near lW'halley, six miles from here. The grapipling-iron broke, atid the car cownung in contact with a chimney, Mtr. Sadler was thrown out; he thei caught the rope, and was carried up a considerable height, but the %al1oon descended, and Alr. SaMler, being exhausted, fell to tbieground. Ile is much wniunded, and two nieSical men are gone to his aid. The servant w,as thrown eut by the balloon coming in con- tact with some yardes.rails, and he lias an arm broken, and is other- visc tnuth bruised." 'The weather witlhin the last two (lays has become very cold. The Pentland Hills were observed yesterday morning to be cavercd writil snow, and in the course of the afternoon a sihower of rain atnd sleet fell in the city. A rigorous winter is foretold by some peopei, who speak as if they were in the seeret.-Edinbargl Ster. ACCIDENVT TO MR. SADLER.