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A number of people have gained notoriety from their stunts, both successful and fatal. The first documented survival of a trip over Niagara Falls was that of school teacher Annie Edson Taylor in 1901. Taylor went over the falls in an oak barrel as part of a stunt in an attempt to bring her financial security. [1]
Annie was born on October 24, 1838, in Auburn, New York. [2] She was one of eight children born to Merrick Edson (1804–1850) and Lucretia Waring; [3] her father owned a flour mill and died when she was 12 years old, leaving enough money to provide a comfortable living for the family.
Bobby Leach and his barrel after his trip over Niagara Falls, 1911. Bobby Leach's grave, Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. Bobby Leach (born Lancaster, England; 1858 – April 26, 1926) was the second person and first man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, accomplishing the feat on July 25, 1911 — while Annie Taylor did it on October 24, 1901.
Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year-old schoolteacher from Michigan, became the first person to survive a plunge down the Niagara Falls by riding in a barrel. You read that right, a BARREL. On October ...
Annie Edson Taylor, a 63-year old schoolteacher from Bay City, Michigan, became the first person to plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel and to survive. [92] At 4:05 in the afternoon, the barrel and Mrs. Taylor were released into the currents of the Niagara River after being towed by a boat from Grand Island.
The true story of Annie Edson Taylor as told by Ellen; ... Throwback Thursday (December 19, 2008): television accident on Day 12 of 2008's 12 Days; Ellen and Steve ...
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Bobby Leach became the second person (after Annie Edson Taylor), and the first man, to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive. [62] Leach, who survived a 17-story plunge over a waterfall, would later suffer a fatal injury from slipping on an orange peel. [63] [64]