Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1880 — A Victim of the Trapeze. [ARTICLE]

A Victim of the Trapeze.

An alarming trapeze accideut occurred at Bolton, England, a fbrtnight ago. One trapeze was affixed ; to the ceiling at the gallery end and the other was suspended over the stage and the athletes passed and repassed each other with amazing rapidity. A net was stretched from the gallery to the stage to prevent accidents, but as it tufned «-ur it was of very little service. The men were in the act of going through the most difficult and dangerous portion of it—a “leap for life,” in which Nestor swings from, one end of the house, turns a double somersault and is caught by the heels by a startling accident occurred, Neator was a little late in taking flight from the trapeze, so that Vtnoa had nearly passed out of his reach when the two should hayq met. Nestor only succeeded in clutching Vinoa’s heel, and, being unable to hold on, fell, striking in his descent on the edge of the net and then rolling heavily to the ground. The distance being some twenty feet the athlete WW rendered insensible by the lall. in the meantime the excitement in the theatre ww intense and Vinoa seemed to be unnerved by jt and the accident to his fellow-performer. He drew himself up on his perch. Then he ventured to lajinch out upon his trepete, hut be let go his hold Wh«n lb® trapeze had almost passed the net, the consequence being thM he merely grazed the side of it in his fall and rolled on to the stage. Roth men lay for a minute of two Utterly stunned. The audience rushed upon the stage and carfled them off. Restoratives were administered and the performers were subsequently taken home in a cab.