Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-07
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Me'nchoiy jote Of Madame blanchard.
loNDuN, July Fit was our painful task.
on Saturday. TO communicate the appalling ca
tasitophe which hcfel this celebrated gro
maui. We have since received the following
more particular detail of the fatal occurrence.
PARIS. July CA letter addressed 10 the
editor the QaOiiai,nne sigied Eliza Garperiu.
gives the following account OF the unhappy
catastiorhe, experienced by Tie intrepid arc
maui who had performed 81 aerial VOYAGES:
The balloon constructed upon an econom;-
cal Plan, vas, on the 9th inst. filed with more
IMAM lie usual quantity of gas, from PHYSICAL
causes, respecting the state of the aimos phere,
ana on account of the Increase OF weight. oc-
casioned Gy the fireworks thai were TO be
!et on: 1 he @as reacted uponitseif and be-
INF dIiatcd III a less dense medium, in pl onor-
'ioh ds the oaiioon became more elevated tn
'eaNored ioJotce its Way ont, had TO other
Way through which TO escape except The in
terror orlhce, which the ;eronaut was TO have
iett open tor her safety.-Thcse two opposite
eHects OF me ascent of the balloon, and the
escape OF The gas IN The lower part formed
a communications between the pow der of The
fireworks and The inferior OF the balloon In
was al inns moment Of the fist expansion of
me gas that Madame blanchard was observed
WIN lance III her hand, setting fire TO The
iaSt OF Tie fireworks, which communicated
10 me balloon, and her destruction immediate.
~ followed. There was no doubt but If Ma
uame bianrhatd had cen furnished with "a
parachute, Which on .uniuldin" itself vo,IId
iia'c been separated fiOm the Surni,e BALLOON
she would not have fallen victim 10 this u.r-
less experiment. The writer Of The letter SANS
she VII prove this fact. by descent with a
parachute, while the balloon shall he ON fire
She further adds, that the gas was very u.re
as II burued and was consumed without enpIo.
sion. The combustion Was al the same lime
so RAPID, that the covering Was consumed in
tNeiypart, and none OF IL remained hut the
n Ii,p ha
per paii OF Tie balloon, " Inch was not cnnsum.
ed, AFFORDED tie sCtUi.ut but ycIy littie sum
port as parachute. Unfortunately, tie string
which would have recover eel the Gailoup was
burned, and the aronaut fell head foremost on
the foOi OF house, No. IS, in The Rue de Pm
'ence. he Tell was so liolent that three raf
ters OF The root we're broken and holn lie
ioof, she tnmbled down upon the uayemeut
a pat OF hes hat was observed on the bro
zen pieces OF wood and upon The roof was
found some of The sand, intended To lie used
a. ballast The states were also marked with
the remnants OF the Il fireworks which lad moi
Deen consumed. The car and The wreck Of
NE baiioon, aud the unhappy rrouaut still
dreaming, were brought back 20 TivoIi Her
clo'heS iiad no marks Of combustion and The
Commissions were the cause ct her death
VI. blanchard The husband OF MADAME. Rlan-
chaTd, was Tie first who constructed NARA
chnles and annexed them to balloons, for the
.P"rpohe oil escape IN case of accident. Dur
!ne an excursion which he undertook from
ms adventurous frouaut travelled without
ha'thg, "a distance of net less than 800 miles
lie lei down dog from vast height i'm The
easheI OF parachute, aud The poor animal,
railing gently through the air, reached the
ground uhhnit. Since That period the prac-
uce ana management of the parachute have
been carried much farther by other acre.
al travellers, ard particularly by NJ. Garne-
rln, who has dared repeatedly 10 descend from
the region 1t Tie clouds, with that very STEM
der machiIe. This ingenious and spirited
fTenchman visited London during tie short
peace OF to02, aiIh made two fine asceuts with
MS sai'oon IN the second of which he threw
hIn!Helf from an amazing elevation with "A pa
Idchhtt. Ii deSCehdt Il for some seconds with
an dcceleraiing velocity, till il became tossed
extremely, aud took such wide oscillations
i'idt TIE basket, OF car, was at times thrown
mo an horIz0ntal position. II passed over
Mac iebonc and SomcIStOvn and almost o,a-
zed the honses Of ST. Paucras Atlas !, tor
Iunaieiy struck the ground, in uci.hboriur
heid, but so violent was the s!leck MS ia ibtoy
poor Garnern Oh his iace, by which acrident.
ne received some cnts, and hl,d considerable
lie seemed TO be mach agitated and "A eul,IGd
exceedingly mt the moment lie was released
rom lne car. One OF the stays CT the para
Chnie had Glanced TO give wav Gas was nost
hkeiy TIE case VIII Madame blanchard !
which uutoward circumstances deIanved the
apparatus, disturbed its proper baIa,Ice and
threatened the adveBtuTer dining the whole
OF ms descent, with immediate destruction -
lie feeling of such extreme peril, was TOO
mMCh iOr human nature TO bear
ne CaiasiIOphe Of Madame Blanchard has
"a resemblance tp HAT which befel kozIer aud
iNNihaIn IN fs5. from some vague idea of
ptiNS Deiler able To regulate TIE descent of
t"e Hdiiooh. lHty hdd incaHtiouslV suspended
ut'O" II small Sni''Se, one OF 10 !CCt Diane
UIIa combination 10 which MAJ be ifHnt,icd
the disastrous issue
scarcely quarter Of aH hour lad pE,uscd
after ascension when The y hale a,,,,,,.,,iis ~
The height Of about 5000 feet Wss Observed In
ne on IlFe, ana its scattered fragments kill
the unfortunate voyagCr, weTe ptecipiiaied 10
the ground they tcii near tie sea shore about
IIUIS rom BOH;,s..:i,, aud ere Instantly xiii
zen ny We Tremendous shock their bodies he
mF t1nud dfcadlu.y riauglcd
H"11hfl fatal accident Hi!h balloons han
It"' ]" AldiN, Sc'"Ial years after The loss OF
KCZcr and kOniaIH, WltH a ycuetrtttuo
man hud ms ladN, aitei having reformed snc-
cessihliy various aSrcDts. tell Irom n vast
begbi, aud persisted on lie spot.
be voluntary subscription made for the re-
lallyes OF Madame bIanChdrd rfoduced ,i,out
dOUO lrhnc8. She his LETT no children. Her
wlIl ~ since been found, 10 which she leaves
on her property, about $1,000 francs. 10 the
d"uEhtef Of TREND, = child ofS Yeats old. -
IL IS sdid, thai tie SUM subscribed. wlJ he
appropriated 10 The erection. of 4 monument
10 hsT memory, ~ the burial ground OF Pefe
La Chase.
l|ro7 Me Lo1doH Trapeiier, Juge 10 istol
go 10 TIE EDITOR.
DIX Reading ia ansrniug paper some re-
H'iks on ihC necessity Of or qainiug posScs-
tloh OF cuba, or al least Of the Havana, Ibez