The human Cannonball, first in 1877 in London, was a 14-year-old girl named Rossa Matilda Richter. Shot out of by a spring-style cannon. She then toured with P.T. Barnum Circus. Her career ended when she broke her back after a launch.
Cannon
The human Cannonball, first in 1877 in London, was a 14-year-old girl named Rossa Matilda Richter. Shot out of by a spring-style cannon. She then toured with P.T. Barnum Circus. Her career ended when she broke her back after a launch.
