Death Of Mr. Sadler.
The Times, 1824-10-05T00:00:00

Tlte Coroner (JO1{N HARGnaAvZ8, Eseq.) and Jury assembled at about ten o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning, and Forthwith pro- ceeded to a view ef the botly. The face was livid-the cyes of a dark purple-and the hcad presented a trightful spectacle. Thomas Varley of the parish of Church, plumber and glazier, ex- ainined. On Wertnesday afternoon last, I observed a balloon in the air, and I slt out witl an intention of going towards it. I ran to the gate of a field, and there 1 saw a mar. hanging by one leg from the car attached to the balloon, whish descended withlin about ton yards of the ground, and there the man fell ; the balloon thein again ascend- ed, anti I saw no more of it; I went to the man who had fallen, but he appeared to me to be deadi. He wan lying on his right side which was very black, and his tongue was out of his mouth, and quite black; he bled at one ear. David Aitkin, clerk to Messrs. SiRmpson and Co.-On WVednes- day afternoon, ahout half-past two o'clock, I observed a balloon in the air; it then appeared about the size of a hat ; in about one minute after I first saw it, it struek the ground, and rebounded to a great height; it then gradually descended, and came almost down to the ground; at this period the anxiety of M r. Sadler appeared most intense; he and his coimpanion were lying flat on the car ealling out to me, "( Get hold of the rope, get hold of the rope." I made an effor: to get holdl of it, but in consequence of the strong wind, it got out ot my reach in a moment: I lost sight of it for some time and shlortly afterwards I saw it again ; it was ascending, and soon Aisap. peared; I thien proceeded to the plac- whiere I heard the deceased had fallen; Ile was lying on the ground surrounded by a great nuin- ber of people; I attended the removal of the body to ihe public- house, where the deceased now is, and was present when the sur- geons examined tke body. Robert AI ercer.-I distinotly saw the car strike against the chim- ny of a house near the meadow; a man was then thrown trom the car, and was suspended by one foot until he fell; the chimney was thlrown downi by the shock; whilst the decemsed was suspended by the leg, tre balloon passed near other buildings, and I think it pro- bable that whilst lie was in that situation he was struck against the chimney of one of those buildings : I think that more probable than that the deceased was hurt by the car striking against the chimney which was thrown dormn. Mr. James *lluir, surgeon, of Ackrington._I attended the de- ceased on 'Wednesday last; a large fracture appeared on the right side of the hcad; the bones were completely driven into tile brain, one rib was broken; the deceased lived until eight o'clock yesterday morning; the fracture and the i.7jury done to the brain were in my opinion quite sufficient to cause death-; these injuries I think were received by means of the deceased being struck against a chimniey or some building in the progtess of the balloon, and not by the fali out of the car; i suspect the body struck the chimney at or before the tme that the car did. Verdict-Accidrental death, by being strucI against a chimne . eoue balloon and car, 2s. DEATH OlP MR. SADLER. CORONER'R TTCTITITN'P.