Girl's tragic balloon accident death marked 125 years on

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Louisa Maud Evans, 14, fell to her death in an aeronautic display, triggering a change in the law.

She said: "These weren't hot air balloons with a basket as you might imagine seeing today, they were balloons with a trapeze bar and wooden seat attached beneath. A parachute was fixed to the balloon with a thin cord.

"Thousands of spectators had gathered in the exhibition's velodrome to see Louisa perform with world-famous French aeronaut, Auguste Eugene Gaudron, when the wind suddenly changed, and she was blown away from Cardiff and over the sea."The hot air balloon displays featured a trapeze bar and wooden seat attached beneath, as pictured on the left here

"Gaudron had previously performed with another female co-star, however, she had retired shortly before the exhibition," said Rosemary. "When pressed under cross-examination, Gaudron admitted that he had no proof of Louisa's claims, he had never rehearsed with her or even seen her fly, and that he hadn't intended to use Louisa in his performance until a similar festival in Glasgow some months later."Her death changed the law, with parliament amending the act concerning the age of children able to take place in "dangerous pursuits".

 

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