Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-11-05
= NU MBER 81
Balloon Fatalities.


The rece Mt unfortunate and probably ga,a
balloon ascension of Mr. Thurston, which
has created such a painful interest throush h
out The country, has also brough, ou
through the columns of the newspaper pres
many scraps Of history connected with bal
loon travelling. The Providence Journa
has complied quite list Of fatalities, and
adds that i. does not know OF one dis tin
guished eronaut that has not met with
violent death by means of a balloon.
Among the first who commenced these
voyages were N. Pilatre and NJ. Roman, OF
France. They made an ascent from Bo
longe, June Is, 1885, with a Maon,gol6er
balloon, fire being kiudled underneath,
and the balloon aseended By means Of rare
| fied air. AT an amszine height the balloon
took fire, burned the cords by which the car
was suspended, and the unhappy occupants
were precipitated TO the earth dashing them
TO pieces in manner too shocking TO mem
ton. Is sEu1.-5 / sss a-el ss.s szrs EF,.e.e- ..s
| hi. Zambccaa, accompanied by friend,
| made an ascent from the same place Sept.
| 3D., 1912. On his descent, the balloon be-
came entangled in the branches ota high
tree. and ere il could be disengsged, caugh.
L
can was killed onthe spot, and NJ Bogona
survived but short time. aa= sz4uf aa
About the same time mechanician, nam
ed Brytere. ascended from Mannheim. Ata
considerable height, be perceived to late that
the vehicle was damaged. He opened the
valve, descended with great velocity, and
was dashed TO pieces sgainst a house.
Madame Blanchard sscended from TrivoH
July 9, lSles during the progress of fete
there. At the height OF four hundred feet,
her balloon caught fire. She was precipi.
tated upon the pavement and instantly kill
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Mr.. Harris, very experienced @senautf
was killed May 24th, 1924. He went up
from City road. London. AT the height of
two miles he commenced to descend rupfdly :,
was preci pitated to the earth and dashed to
pieces. g1stea5 a.ti a72Tl .za# s5 81 5.i-F
A Mr.. Green ascended from Cardiff, guly
IL, 1549. His body was found some time
after, on the fiat house shoals, in the centre
Of Bristol channel. ls:ass se- .5-l! =l,7s
M. Arran. a celebrated French eronaut,
ascended from Barcelona, in Sept, Ia4s.-
Nothing was heard of him till the middle OF
November, when his body was found near
Rosas e s5a-a -r .s..
Lieut.. Gade aacended from the Hippo
drene OF Vim cennes, on Sunday, Sept. sth
1850. Some days subsequently, the body
= as found in a elumP of ferns, his limb bro
Keh and matilated. the face cohpetely eaten
away by dogs and other animals. He had
previously met with several narrow escapes.
+ James Goulston made an ascent in the
evening from the Bellevue G 1rde ns, June I'd
1852. The balloon was a new one, forty
feet high, thirty-three feet in diameter, hold
ing twenty three thousand ublc feet of gas
II being ol oudy at the time, the car was lost
from view ii two minutes. He fell from
his vehickle in attempting to descend, at the
town of Leeds; considerable quantity Of
blood and brains, spatered over wall, mar
Aed the spot where he struck the earth.
Er. knight ascendet from Bombay, De-
cember 4th,slS53. in the presence Of
large eoncotrrse Of asti7es, amongst whom
was the Rnjah of Dar S no promised the aro-
naut two hundred rupees, If he went up and
came dorcn again, of which the RSjah had
great doubts. The balloon travelled straigh.
oat at sea. and Mr.. . Knight has not since
been heGfd from. -ua
In September, 1857, III. Merle and COM
pahioh were carried off by balloon which
bro Ike from its moorings. They nscended
to such height that Merle was frozen to
death, and the other descended in the great
est peril.
Mr.. Timothy Winchester made an ascent
from Norwaik, Ohio, in August 1855, start
ing in good spirits, and amid the cheers Of
farge concourse Of people, since which he
has not been heard from He NAV haye
gone on an excursion to the North Star, as
the last seen Of him he was passing rapidly
over Lake Erie.