A SENSATIONAL SCENE.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1229, 5 February 1883, Page 2

A SENSATIONAL SCENE.

\ vL$ ,^9^BatlpnaJ -spene ia^tliu^reported .t %4te« Sydney M4Wning^Herald : "- * a^^%r^:%^t J^Btrango, f to^flerformthe feat*l>f orosria^ Middle The e^r^/V^,.«igie*i l«^hr^boat 190 \ | 3^^oms^jjts^i*«9t,WQr?.}iha© thirty \ leob above the *H*te»; 1 <& «ra» S>, keep it from awaking a number , of |uyß were <sArrie^ out to Wata on -; (^en : \)B^fe^Th^j^^^^ boats „i ^n- o_n^i#;iopUpuHin«iagihis* those I* feW'th^otnef «<^e, a«(a%tffet hieans it . the. tfgto,, .^wpuld'^kept J !&topdy- -A' lew inrnqt^l after sikjo'clock , L^Jsrange mounted thejb^le, iipok his . batanoing-pole, anxl made a start, mov--1 ing^Ovlyafodcliutisurfy. : AJjWgoing 1 about 20ft he made'a'nbm^ntary'ha'lt, ; 'thWj^^r^^a^n^an^^u^yed slowly 1 unW ; ho |iad traversed a of f --fiifl^^fi99ti^fr^9^*93k> taMP«i^Seftnraßl€ ( wl^ <^<itilf ,;nwk*> the K>pe oo«. : lodker W' thou^hi some' of j the boats 1 crews; instead of*tesdyi^ \ ffierope; pb ji^e^nall^ f against each other that rope stayed 1 more than it -would have dfifteCiJ'Uiefe I Jh^ ; beo^flb H -jpy* \to"'itb I L'Estrange, however, managed to, kosp 1 hU balance, and :had proceededadip- . tanoe of sbniethihg like 100 ft from. the start, when ho had to Btop.again. .The » swaying of the rdpe, through n6i I waS easfl^~.boti^ble. : .tp pe^pfe 'on ■ shore,, and was quite sufficient to make. - tke'perforhi^r unsteady on the' bicycle. He tried vainly for several seconds. to balance himself, and finding he was fall- • ing, made a^kind'of half-spring, an,d fell ;■ feet first into the water. Fortunately, the fall was not a high one, and he was | able to swim the few yards necessary to ; : enable him to reaoh a boat, which , promptly came to his assistance. This! is not the first misfortune L'Estrange ,• has met with in his attempt to perform ■ feats of daring. A little more than three , years ago he made a^balloot ascent frsra ' the Agricultural ■ Society's Grounds, near Melbourne, and when at a considerable height the balloon, burst, and fell near the Yarra. He was nearly suffocated in the wreck of the balleon, but prompt, assistance saved him from sexious injury. Subsequently he made a balloon, ascent iix. Sydney, with the result that the bal,loon fell in Wooildomooloo, ' setting fire' to the roof of a house, "and nearly killing E'Eatrangß:,^;-':. ■.';/ : -^