The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-26


The balnea was let loose from Adrian Mich. on Thurs
day u0raine, sept TO, at quarter before nine Of ocA
was capable containing Is 900 cubic feet OF gas o. th
occasion there but OF hydrc On
gss in H. There we're 100 pounds Of sand ballast takes.
The balloon rose In tine style to estimated altitude f
The eronauts remained the air forty .ve minutes dc.
scendDg al halflast nine in the open country IN the
township Of Riga Lenawee county southeast Of Adrnn-
distance of about seventeen miles They remained seat
ed la the half hour with The valve open allow
the gas 70 escape when, number of persons having ~
Senblcd from the adjoining farms, Mr. Thurston thought
that iey might get out and with the assistance of the
people, take off the and netting and let tho balloon turn
over, ts'esng is mouth upward, 80 as to allow more
RAPID escape Of the which his customary manner
d eptyins balloons The! accordingly removed the car
and the netting uncosed from the valve disk so as TO
allow 70 COME OF White thcse preparations were be
ing made the people who had assembled assisted 10
holding the monster down. Mr.. Thurson then crawled
inside Of the netting and proceeded the top Of the bal
loon, which had been hauled down TO horizontal position
when nc kk the valve disk which IL or wood, OF circu
lar FORM and about thirteen inches in diameter and com
pressing balloon thrust tho disk between his legs and
graspcd the balloon his saying TO the bysandcrs
.You may another ascension now" He then told
Bannster the cords that held the mouth Of the bal
loon down annisser demonstrated saying there was
much Gas in H. But Thurton insisted and tho cords were
cut. a. Which ne oso ON, o r;c;m MI Yves
the time and lifted up about ten feet when he let
and fell 20 the ground Mr. Wcsterman says the mouth
the balloon was open, and he saw Mr. Thurson open ~
the extent eighteen inches He noticed the cord by which
tho valve was operated passing through tho opening tn
END hanging outside Mr. W. thinks that when tho mouth
Of the hsoca turned up and II arose IN the air this cor
60. entangcd around the opening, and, as the baoo
stretched cot with Mr. Thurson's weight. the cord ben
fast to the valve the inside, drawn down
TREY close The mouth, now at the top
The Fact which observed by Mr. westerman's wifi,
and da .sher well others, TINT the mouth, with
portion or the collapsed balloon like neck, lying
the dstencd portion the top Of grain bag partly
filled, when tied, would fall upon the side, confirms
these s,sye This. in mind Is satisfactory
PLANTATION Of the cause OF the calamity.
Mr. Westerman also gave the result Of his observations,
made with compass the course taken by tkrk
loon lie says that At first started off on course Fast
degrees South which followed six eight miles,
when il changed to n E. and when disappeared behind
cloud at 1925 NJ, the direction of the balloon from
point where II started in Riga on section No :3, WASH, 80
degrees East Mr.. W and his son estimated the height,
whcG ast seen by them, at three miles An examination
g. ne MAJ, II show according TO Mr. VS. observations,
that the balloon passed c 10 the east OF the direct
course TO Detroit and thai possibly passed over the
it had reached highest elevation and that Thurson
maintained hs seat and seemed perfectly at case
His theory is that the carburctcd hydrogen gas
passed or slowly than the ordinary hydrogen
With which balloons generally inflated and that thus
the unfortunate man was deceived He docs not agree
with Mr. Wcstcrman in the opinion that the mouth was
closed He also thinks that Turson expected TO go up
for short distance an occurrence that had often taken
place IN hi Thurson's) experience as he called ont TO
the people follow after him. When Mr.. Westcrman
Oct 90 The balloon bounded on at rate OF mile
minute So that il had attained height Of nearly three
mile, before The astonished people could realise that had
left their There were in y at this time abou $1,000 cubic
feet Of gas.
Upon the strength OF the unsubsianai runors TO tho
effect taat the balloon had come down near Baptste
Creek one Of our reporters started for tina, locality
Monday After drive of about fifteen miles through
the woods ie house of Mr. Marks reached, where
the balloon was found safely secured and slowed
away. Here nothing known OF the existence
OF an ;cronaut, and those IN possession OF the
balloon were under the impression that il had been
adr wthou, any control At the time oil its descent
several persons present and large numbers also
aocked in from the surrounding country 10 IT, dis
ac then arose among ne can npon ro
the fact OF having u in the air. The whole party OF
pirates pitched upon t. and would have cut into
strips and divided had hot been for the interference Of
MIR Marks who being intelligent man and an English
man. took II from them aud refused 10 IL, them have
again They about TO cu UP 20 get possession Of
The sl az which they intended make dresses for their
wives siandng the fact that was saturated with
oil A. there + thousand yards OF nne dress SIX
in the balloon All Canada would have undoubtedly come
on, in oil s dresses had they been successful in their p
raIica designs. The balloon was secured and brought TO
Detroit by reporter and ms. ne seen TINS morning a,
The country in the vicinity Hap,c creek l. very low
and marshy for distances Of several mics around me
suppoion l. that the balloon descended 10 the ground
when over marshes IN the neghborhood OF the River
Thames lighthouse and that Mr. Ihnrs'on ten dssng,eed
himself FROM H. BENG relieved from ts weight " OF
course ascc,ed into the air again, and after floating
around time descended the second tine, when
was SECURED Al the last descent became entangled IA
. tree aud Mas torn in two places in rents which
b-t -four feet hong The balloon, which ot the largest
class Is not materially injured and VIII DC repaired WIN
out much d.ncuy. Those Who secured state shat ~
mouth open ai the time of us descent LUIS wguiu
leave an opening of about foot or eighteen nehes They
further state thai notwithstanding that art there wa
much difficulty ~ relieving It Of the gas Win hHwas
a. large extent filed In order to do TINS u was iound
n.c.-ssV 10 lay Il down the ground and commencing
=, an. end 10 twist il gradually thus forcing the gas out
AZ the other extremity. This may account LOT tne puoy
ancy Of the balloon, and the distance .a, s ,r,
explained by Mr. Bannisier by the Tact ina, carooreo
hydrogen, with which was biled, v s"~er !" er'aP-
than the pure gas. Mr.. Hannster = now engaged IN
searching the woods and marshes IN the VICINITY TOT 'he
purpose az finding Mr. Thurston. -,
" panns,er IL confident that Thurs'on ~ safe, and
establisbes his opinion the following bass'-The bal
/.
this Of course has been gradual ms the balloon was seen
moving along, neither ascending nor de~cenane, peore
1, finally restrd Thursion safe on until had at
tancd ia highest elevation where he Wa beyond thc
reach and influence of counter currents 81 s 20 thst
there was no swayng If the balloon 60 cause gddness or
sirlness Tie danger was consequently passed His des.
cent would be gradual and easy Tie proban'y reached
arma IN somewhat exhansca conan", an -
his weigh, again bounded up and trSvesiea aons u"'
susirlcn quantity of gas had escaped :" sw 70
fa According TO this theory Thurston may be several
mia. from here the balloon secured and not IN
Uktly a,nr in the woods unable from the elects % n
adventure to help himself or Nc may D n"v urasa ~ com
munca,e with them from the Effects o. co,a or 'o~- ~
blood, living under their care. AZ howeser,
conjecture hui few days viii clear the whole thing up
mi ~ r,ets x he known II he has fallen OF and been
Killed by the fall om gddy height, ms o"ay must ~
found 49, saving the crossing of the Detroit river ~
,ule ay Inc entire distance over land and the track
wen defined MIR. BannSter, after yisiung u,e ocan's
where The balloon wss fcund ne Jos no, a.
the search until the body IS recovered
THE LOST AERONArr
rTrc,u the Detroit Tribune Scpt. p
All hope ~ ever finding poor Thursnn alive : bbuet
r,,, ANA We can only bemoan him a. lost
NJ n,nni.tcr his companion, returned this anerunon
and can bfinV only the worst tdugs. The balloon h.
icp,,ai and sent the sk % which u composed 4
ths civ last night lie himself remained to search In
his friend To-day he comes bnck despalringy NC states
,h,i e balloon valve on which Thurs.on st i torn gu
nom Tho Six of the balloon three quarters 81 The Wal
round Indicating uncrringiy that the weight ot the Nm
fortunate man great for the strength oi the scS
ana that the sk gave way when he must baye aropps
an Ills ,iy remaining chance would b. 10 cling 10 tn
smooth material of which the balloon was made. aud Ia
.nnld NOT have Sustained himself IN that manner
when this occurred We only CONJECTURE, hut mat
must have been within hour after ~ started SEEM
highiv probabe Tho balloon was seen Tor nearly
two hcurs with glass; but u must b. remembered tia
This great body was only the size of mans hand whei
thus visible and Il would b. utterly impossible TO So
the ii; .faed man Il he had dropped on Mr. Blnlste
fcls quit positive that he must lave tell before reaching