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Show Frightful Fall of a tj ium.l. The New Orleans Ri publican of the 11th ult. say-: Last evening's performance per-formance at the Academy nf Mu-ie was interrupted for a few minutes by Frank Gibbons, the trapeze gymnast, who, while attempting to make an extraordinary extraor-dinary evolution, mis-ed his hold, and fell to the stage from the ceiling above, lie was about closing his performanees. apparently endeavoring to ae-onpli-h a teat n'it in his u-ual iinc. His daring efTirts had elicited considerable op-plaus-. and several ladies almM-t fainted from fright at hi flight through tl e air from point to point. Apparently, he attempted to eiteh the !a-t train-?,-with one leg and then dc. -end, but un-f un-f ctuvitely he d;d ( r!y caleu-' late the di-iance. "r In- a'-ioty and went unrestrained through ih" air to the -t-ije. When he stni'-k the hoard hi.- holy wi quite .;ra;rhl. hi. foi' k 1 downward, the dull, heavy w.und er,,J- 1 ing a lhri.1 of horror thpeu-h the larg-- j audience, cau-ing ladies to sen-am from i the slvck. Had hi, body struck in ! aiiuo-t anv ot le-r direeiion m-tant d'-ath I woaid have b--n the p'onl-y. Tin 1 rurta'n went d iwn afb-r hi- it.aniin .! f.vly ha 1 been carrie 1 olt the Mage. In thp-c or fmr mir.ti:es a!':er this .Mr. G.bbon- appeared on the a;-. to show the audience that a fail of thirty or forty fe--t ha 1 le t U.1--1 or partiea-ar'.y partiea-ar'.y l.arru-d him. The au'liete-e. re-a'-ured. eh"er-d n-!::y to s'-e him be-foie. be-foie. lb in, an 1 the perf r'nanee j,ro-C-'-j lei a- u-ual. |