Maria Spelterini

She used two and a quarter inch (57 mm) wire and crossed just north of the lower suspension bridge.

[1] Spelterini began performing in Italy at the age of three with other family members in a circus act.

In a May 5, 1877 performance in Rosario, Argentina she survived a fall while riding a velocipede (bicycle) that malfunctioned on a wire.

An article appeared in the French newspaper L'Univers illustré in October 1873, showing her crossing the harbour at Saint Aubin, Jersey and her portrait.

Spectators paid twenty-five cents to see her do tricks on the wire, including running backwards and sitting in a chair while wearing a flamboyant costume.