Niagara and Chautauqua . llow, Belleni by name, stretched a rope from opposite theClifton House to Prospect Park. Walking to the centre of the rope, he threetimes leaped off into space and sank into the river below, a distance of 200feet. He had a rubber cord an inch in diameter and twelve feet long con-structed, one end being securely fastened to the rope. Holding the otherend firmly in his descent the tension served to hold him in an upright posi-tion. The third time the cord broke and entangled his feet, so that belowwater he was tightly bound. He sank so deep that he nearly w
Niagara and Chautauqua . llow, Belleni by name, stretched a rope from opposite theClifton House to Prospect Park. Walking to the centre of the rope, he threetimes leaped off into space and sank into the river below, a distance of 200feet. He had a rubber cord an inch in diameter and twelve feet long con-structed, one end being securely fastened to the rope. Holding the otherend firmly in his descent the tension served to hold him in an upright posi-tion. The third time the cord broke and entangled his feet, so that belowwater he was tightly bound. He sank so deep that he nearly was picked up by the boat which was in readiness, but. in an exhaustedcondition. In 187S, after duly advertising the fact, a man named Peer droppedfrom the centre of the New Suspension Bridge into the river. The platformbv which he hung by hS hands while posing himself is still attached to thebridge be>ond the rail in the center of the bridge, on the side towards thehalls He performed the feat in safety. ,oUnU„
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