Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-10-22
Extraordinary Ascension in a Balloon
EXTRAORDINARY AND PROBABLY
FATAL ASCENT OF A YOUTH

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49,, ~ 80 ,hn aoun,r,, "o w ~ Thro,
S,.o @ -, w ~. III! ;,Ii,d Inv ho,No"n ~. c;,y ,rl, ,bn
place, carving a rull complement O
nosseurers at every trim During the
early mart of Tho dav ,be yisi,ers anus.
nl themselves in strolliur through the
lnlcnsont rrovcs of Oakland whilst III,
process Of initiating the balloon slowl,
nrorressel under the management O.
Mr. Kelly, who was to have made The
ascent The balloon, with the necessa
ry apparatus. was confined in small
Yard on Third street, near Broadway,
and was open to the inspection of all
II, was a fine silk one. of large dimen
sions, not less than FORTY feet in cir
cumferencc. The process of initiation
was very tedious and uninteres,inr, aut
the spectators, after waiting some hours
came to the conclusion that the asccn-
sion would be a failure. To relieve
tho mono,ony small pionecr balloons
wero sent off ut intervals and a volun.
tary collection was taken IN for the
benefit of Mr.. Kelly.
A,h,,cno., ,hroo ,c,ocL .bo balloon
,,.s , lux n,ora ,I,an hnir GIIcJ ,H;,b
mas "' anI i % ,""s annou,,rad @ ,bat Mr
Iii III ,,.,. .hn", ;, "nJa.,alo ,ha ,ar
49, @ A Janso .sn,.l .ol,a"taI I aro,,,', i
,Eo 10 bslIoor and ,hs .ariol voyoaer ,onI,
i;s s ss., ~ ,hs cor ,vb;Sl y.s T5s,esseI
r.on, 0 49,. "omf'oo". ans % "aJ ~ a,.a,. ,ont ~"
balloon % mnr into ,,,o % rnnsr,ir hnt =.
Innn ] ,ha " s,roo, j !, 80 so,s,b "r a,s,srI" M Wv Il;
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nronv1 ] ;n s,,rSir;nr hnt mr. m e.rse,hle
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,ho oronnI ,ba h,lloon ~ ,,a - oort,n,
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i'a, F "G ,I ,ba Paon anI a''I " s',nn s W. hoa.l
NJ. m~ ,,i.naS M I .a.I ap' f "~ " ': ";i, ,c CO.,
l,o~r @ ~ ,La ] n,bor @ nn1 t;ed I as, % [rnon @
hi. , van nf s.;l, ios, ,,a;ni, ,,,,I. IL.
can, 1 onI ,vas ~ ',. o"rriaJ I /. faa raa, , r.nn, @
,Ia , nrnnnd a" . 1;s,anco of snms @ GS,ssn U ~
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s;a. NY, i1"i..l ."' "S 10y, a So 60
nna ,o of conrso " td,o, fa;lnrs % " w ssraroi
,,nn,ons w ] n,nroo;a,;m,. H." s,n aSta,l -
,s , norm;,tsd ~ ,nts > 'r ,;a. ." s,nnosina ] -
no matter nr course + @ would h. nnIy :,
f. f., :, tam n,rJs 49, ,ha,, ,,ns ,
~, r"r'h y @ ~ .;x,a"m % a"s Gr a.a,"n,oJ !
.T"Senh Caro-. l;no~n by ,bs fsmil;or
onneIla,ior of . PoaIr )" HehaJ aons
~ Nntl,nJ r. ssll ors srrosl;s ay,c, %
~ ;onanJ ,vas IN f,r ail L;n,,s os snor,
W;'bont resnc,;on " he ,,,s " ,nll ~ ;nmr,
IN Tnrn;na - h;s ~ con,m,u;na hs r han
'Io1 I lilo hnsto, of onon..ps ~ h;n "aJ
a asL;n@ VIZ h;m 10 bo,1 ,hsm ;,ornad;a,al,, ~ i; ,
S,.",I,1,aJ % ,ho h""",, III ,..L;',h ~ ha,1 Ina!,
css,amaI r. ~ ,Lo 80 bnon " %,I., ,,a hoiIoom II n'
T%oss ,y,,o had bnI1 or;, ,ban ,ot 10
an5 Il r,nroa @ I s,o',,,, % ~ ,,,.a.S @ ,ha e.
of,bo @ Inv donrsss;,rF ,bs hon M ,ho
s;,jo" and ,hrny;ua h;s haoL .naino, wt ,Lo I
rnnss which at,scbeJ tho hnon to ,he
balloon his lars bana;ns snsnar rdo5 IL
tho o;r Az bs .as .hon, r;s;na Mn
.Te,l,, c,l1aI ont ~ II; :, 49,, ~ a,,l, @ ha,aI -
rnne Shen Le ,ram,.a - .pna ,lawn
Ua ,ooi. holJ os anI anmaars1 ] - i.
o;ther mnk;nr i f,st ~, pnIiina n, i
,v;,l . v;e~, % ',ao.ana I ,,I'an sana ae
tba hnvs ,r;oj ont ~ h;m >, " ~ on Ia
,hen y. Il ~ au5 ,i"ai,S ~ $50 'n ,nov;ns
."S;n,, nis" I aaa a.'', .a,.,,,. .S lis I;.e
tinn, With 3bo " excent;on Of lila ;nfar.
nation rs ,o ,be use IF ,hs vaivc.rone
hn ,wns a. er,;rely I ;%norant @ G of ,he r,,nper
of managing n balloon. Having nr as.
cendeI some tbirtv ~ for,y fsaf ths
.hollnon yns corr;sj oIana ~ = rsn,Ia
.breeze in y snn,heast cnSrso ocress .u
arm Of ths ,hav snn,b Of ooklonS and
r;s;ng sit nrocssdsd n N arsa,sr
heig5t. nntiI Il was conce,le, from yisw
hy Some 'I;abt clomds I, was'tLen mst
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