FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE PLYING MAN.
[evening standard 10th jtjly.] M. de Groof (the " flying man") was advertised to make his second ascent from Cremorne Gardens last night at halfpast 7, and a decent of 5,000 ft. through the air. There was an enormons attendance of people, and punctually to time M. de Groof made his appearance, fitted with peculiar bat-like wings, which lie worked with his arms. He was suspended by a rope about 30ft. below the car of a balloon andso ascended from the grounds, the balloon ascended almost perpendicularly to a distance of about 3,000 yards, where it remained almost stationary for nearly thirty minutes. It then descended slightly, and getting into a better current of air went over the King's road in a north-westerly direction exactly over the Chelsea workhouse. Near St. Luke's Church the balloon rapidly fell towards the ground, and to within 100 ft. of it. When near the tower of the church the " flying man " cut himself clear and came down to the road, opposite the church, in Robert street, Chelsea with a fearful crash. He was immediatelypicked up and conveyed to the new infirmary, where Dr. W. H. Nethercroft, the medical superintendent pronounced life extinct.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1902, 10 September 1874, Page 3
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203FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE PLYING MAN. Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1902, 10 September 1874, Page 3
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