Show Man Goes does Over Niagara Falls alts in i Rubber Ball Lives Laves to Tell About It BUFFALO N N. N Y July 5 I AP-I Except for bruits bruises Jean Albert Lus Lus- Luster ter lier Springfield Mau Masa was none the worse today for his thrilling experience of Independence day when he went over Niagara Falls In a huge rubber ball and lived to tell of his sensations He is one of few men who have dared the mighty cataract and come out alive The occupant of the pound fabric was towed out Into the upper river by motor boat having abandoned aban- aban Il a plan of being dropped front an airplane The ball rolled and bounced through the upper rapids and over o the Horseshoe tails falls A weight had been placed at Lussier's feet teet to k keep p the occupant upright but It became dislodged and Lussier went over oer the brink headfirst THOUSANDS CHEER A short time later the ball was reclaimed a short distance below the precipice It was ripped open and the Springfield man hauled from within smiling One hundred dred I thousand or more people linin lining the shores shor s. s cheered Ills His sister Madame Mad Mad- ame J. J P. P of Sherbrooke Quebec kissed him Many other women tried to do likewise Not ot afew n a few succeeded I ha have spent mOre than a year ear and mOre than 1000 on my yen en cure ture Lussier explained tOday I have succeeded and I 1 am happ happy I I have demonstrated that my theory Wl was correct I could do It again I 1 I am sure but once was plenty for meAs meAs me As the ball was carried downstream down down- stream In the tho rapids It was bumped about quite a bit Just before I 1 plunged over the falls I received an extra severe bump It gave me mea a nast nasty bruise on m my right temple another on the right cheek And one on the left shoulder blade GOES OVER HEADFIRST I had really no sensation when I 1 went over the falls When hen I landed on the water at the bottom I 1 got a o good jarring up The ball struck the water and bounced up and down six times just like a ball being bounced on the sidewalk by a child I went over the tails falls headfirst head head- first but straps and pillows saved me from serious Injury I got my first Idea of going over the falls while working In machine shops at St. St Ont at the time Bobby Leach went ent over In fn a barrel for the trIp and the fact that I 1 did not get Injured as badly I as did Leach Is proof that my theory theory the the- I ory was correct Lustier Is of French descent and was born at Concord N. N H H. October Octo- Octo ber bel 27 7 1893 1 WOMAN FIRST oils Mrs Amite Edson Taylor was as the first to plunge ov over r the cataract and live e to tell of her experience That was In 1901 She made the I trip In a staunch wooden barrel Bobby Leach went over In a a. steel barrel seventeen years ears ago Mrs i Taylor realized no monetary benefit from her feat and died In the Niagara county almshouse Le Leach ch made considerable money as a result result re- re sult of his bit plunge He died two taro years ago as n a result of Injuries received when he slipped on an orange peel while on n a vaudeville tour In Australia George Ec stevens Bristol England lost his life In an attempt to go oVer the falls In an oak barrel made In England ten years ars ago |