The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-20 00:00:00

THE MIBBII4O BALLOON.

On the receipt of the nein that Fisherman Louie
Castel, of laigny, had gun the balloon, part of thg
efforts were directed to Alderney and Cherbourg.
Captsin Omens investigated the reports at Alderney,
where a gunner, • steady reliable maa, stated he saw
something like the balloon in the au, when be was en
look-out duty. Louis Caetel's story, however, was
that he saw about seven in the morning a great ishick
lump in the water, and thought it wag • rotten whale,
apses beteg • bad smell around it, and be did not go
nearer than 200 yards. At Chub urg he reported,
and the bad smell was Summed to be the gas escaping
from the bell ,on. Dr. Drew adheres to his oploim
that the balloon fell suddenly down, on Mr. Poweirs
attempting to deposed as nears. possible to Briop ot,
and that he was at once drowned by the immersion a
Vibe car.
The Board of Trade has received the following copy
of • telegram from the Collector of Customs, Dad.
mouth, to their assioant secretary, Mario. Depart.
meat, Board of Trade, dated Saturday : '' A pilot
reports having seem two blight lights at eight o'ciodi
on Sunday evening last, two to three miles off Dart-
mouth Harbour, moving very rapialy towards S. W..
the. di,,u,p,brad. Io about ten minutes dark obje Is
were viaibie above and below them; they appeared to
be from about 20 to 60 feet above water, and coal i by
no possibility have been shown from any vowel. but
must have been exhibited from • balloon; weather at
time buy, with fresh N.B. wind. Full report. will
to low."
Customs officer stationed at Ladero, near Santander,
bas telegraphed to the Protect of Santander, that at
Wm o'clock on Friday night be sew • balloon, supp,aB,l
to be the miming balloon Saladiu, pass over the port
at a low elevation, proceeding in the direction of
Bilbao. The Spanish authorities have despatched
orders to the Hendarmana to render every antstum
wit the balloon may descend. A later inevsage
from Madrid says :—" A ler‘e balloon was seen Me
afternoon about two kilometres from Bilbao by the
conductor of the tramway running between tact town
and Arenas. The balloen wu going in ab ewe/4
direction towards the sea coast. A policeman also
saw it and gave much the same information on Me
subject."
Weymouth, Saturday.

The rumour that Castel, a fisherman of higny, saw
the balloon floating on the water like a »hale is
disposed of by the whaie being actually found in the
waters where he saw the object. On Satur.ay the
Great Western Moog t new. that the opinion is
Cherbourg was that Castel Lad seen • whale, and on
Saturday intellig-nce was received here that the
steamer Ella, on her way from Jet., ey, sew a dead
whale about nine Mika north of Cape La Hogue,
thought at Snot it was a balloon, but went alongside,
and found it was a dead whale.
Bridport, Sunday Night.
We regret to state that up to Sunday night late no
news has been received at bridpurt touc.,ing the fate
of Mr. Powell, M.P , nor of the miming balloon.
burns Sunday the cliffs were lined at venous p iota
along the coast by persons anxious to note anything
Boating on the surface of the bay, which is now much
calmer since the heavy gale of Friday and Saturday.
Not a vestige has turned up in this direction. The
fact that no intelligence cams to hand during the whole
of Sunday induced Din. Jenkins (niter a Mr.
Powell) with her broth r•in•law to return to
Malmesbury. Captain Templer and H. Powell,
Req., remain still at the Bull IsioteL Dr. Pollock, •
London physician, has paid a visit to Mr. Agg•Ga‘dner
at the Bridport Coraiwe tiospitisi, and she patient, be
reports, is progieeeing slowly but satisfactorily. Mr.
S. J. Fowler, who has so indefatigably managed affairs
as the representative of the family of Mr. ['owed
during their great and grievous trial, returned to
Weymouth on Saturday.