Is it true that a Victorian lady survived a fall from the Bridge?
In 1885 following an argument with a boyfriend Sarah Ann Henley from Bristol threw herself from the Bridge. Beneath her billowing dress she was wearing crinoline petticoats, the fashion of the day. Contrary to local folklore she did not ‘float’ down, but the underwear did slow and cushion her fall – and she had a huge helping of good fortune! Sarah was injured but was pulled from the mud, eventually recovered, and died in 1948 at the age of 84 yrs.
