The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-16


Professor AaYion hts thirty fourth ascension nom
this CITY Saturday last und msancs 20 hazsrdcos
remarkable in the history Of bao,u,sg sSshs
v with thrilling adventures. tho initiation Of zee bal
loon was CON me. coo shortly after two ociock from the
mains which had been previously employed for thst pur
pose and had been allowed 70 sucs the previous
ascension Several trivial accidents and delays occurred.
and The monater not ready for serial yage until
about ak O'Clock Al this time the Professor siepoed into
the car aocor panied by lady Of this city Mrs Palmer
the restraining ballast thrown and the car slo Wv
asceuded Professor bowpg and tue lady waving her
handkerchief tho crowd below until It reasnsd an
altitude OF thirty forty feet, when BEGAN slowly 70
descerd the sscensve power not being Sufficient 70 carry
The combined weight Of The passengers For the lDmA-
ton OF readers abroad may be stated that the point in
the eucoauro from which the balloon started is DIS
tant some two hundred feet nom the North Baptist
church In going up and descending some thirty fcry
aathersc about the CAR restraining its ascent par
who wished to 90 up with the Professor 90. alto The
basket An tempt wss made - Keep m, NJ" on ana 70
copd time attention Of the a<rouAut distracted
from the business hand. Getting OF agas he ascend
ed quite rapidly but was carried by the current OF air
upon which he RAPIDLY toward the onurco epe
When his attention turned from The crowd be found,
TO his as:on,hmort that no was within some twenty isg
speed. To clear nimsoH, be Immediately grasped bag
of ballast and threw IL outside In descending, ibis
passed within two feet Of the head OF u lady who
looking out Of the window Of an adjoining b1iding
made clean hole through grape arbor, aud broke
the ballast baoonist assembled very fast, bal
became painfully Apparent 10 the anxious crowd oeow
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occurred The balloon, which then gcpg a.
rapid speed ca contact with the lightning rod ct the
apex, with blow similar to that Of yesae sargins a.
high rate Of spce1 agsips. dock The concuss
terrible. The Professor who had anti aed The snock,
braced hi use in the car and rnxioasy awaited .he
suh. After s~ayng to and fro An Instant, the 6con
caught apparently, In bolt connecting rod with no
spire tOre with Sound which distinctly heard
from the earth The reu. boswoen ten aud tweivo
feet length wing aperture through which
the gas rushed with sonnd like that OF the VIVID thrill
Of horror through the crosd below, accompanied BY
hall.
Of the inevitable. But, Notwithstanding tho
hazardous situation In which he was placed he maintained
the perfect self possession and equanim'ty The bal
leon hung suspended by tie spre for momen the gas
awhile escaping q. 'earful rate, and ri sound
which to possessed OF only ordinary nerve, would
have seemed sentence OF death Then, diseDga ging IT.
SELF IL slowly ard with vacllA'ng motion caused
by the collapse until It had reached an ati ute OF two
hundred feet then descended rapid again TJretard
the momentum her bag OF ballast WAS thrown oui +,
and the effect q second ASCENSION The cal
loon s.iny and gracefully As though the power
VIII IN Carried mp not Constantly being lost II
thing could have aayod the anxious excitement Of tho
crowd, would have been the apparent indifference OK
the Professor 10 the terrible danger Of his situation When
IL Jude Of thousand feet no leaned for ward srou
the waved his hat 70 The crowd below. Toe gas
rnrhing out the rate oil thousand feet ate
tho balloon lost its R,censive power and Fnen
near the state Dam began TO descend at tho aie eS
in tho river became i'm mnent, but by lean Ok ever
In the and carrying the weight on one sde,
this was avoided. and the decent was made upon tho
dock between Lillles foundry and the Olympus mills,
within twony feet Of the water The connoss.on upon
striking the ground very great, the feoOardEg
distance OF three four feet and then drifting 70 Sarfs
the river nun OF persons VINO were presea, pre-
vented II from going into the water by sezing tho noe
roper and holding with strong snds The result CT he
pulling and pressure Of the escaping gas collapse
tho balloon from top 70 bot The dagger
the Professor had completed asconsi3u, which,
ture assert, hazardous ever made ~
ronaut who escaped from his adventures with life ard
limb.
The during and imms diaey succeeding the acct
dent beggars des Tipton When the balloon srnck tho
spre there general exclamation OF horror aud hun
drcds avcrted their heads expecting that the uronaui
would be dashed to the instant Amer the spe
had been cleared the crowd rushed forward faucAly-
men, women and ch dren-antc patug that, at me
fhes the balloon would descend below Hooeick street
and that the death Of Mr.. Marion inevitable They
happily disappointed, a. we have seen. While the
Professor packing his disabled balloon, ~ least
thoussad persons had arrived in tho neighborhood who
followed him In Q crowd down 10 the city. II
OF the widest excitement, ~ had been before OF Tic
moet thrilling anxiety