Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-11-04

from for Two &yl SHs 1aloon BECAME
amman ageables and hiSse Mnsarly pershed
With cold hsvipg frdzen bbtA hands apdfeet.
He twice saw Lake Erie PISS beneath him,
and finally ladtcd il Pehnss lvsnia, near
Rsayer. having made inyoluntarilY the
longest trip ever made in America.
rrgrsxt latest dates nothing had been heard
\ of Thurston. Phe balloon on the ground
has: been visited, and no one was in or near
it. The station master at Baptiste Creek
toy. fepbrtsithat a man was iseen 10 the
balloon as it came down-a very important
fact which he wholly neglected to=statez at
frst and one which he would. have been
very Likely to state if it were, So. We ;e,
gard this as wholly improbable. He furth-
,er states that the balloon was tpmblHg
over and over. as il came to the ground, and
that it fell on Saturday. 1t is ten miles
East Of Belle River There is left scarcely
e glimmer OF hops-''5r bas .saaiI iz7svgs N
Ed The last number Of The Detroit Tribune
casts Sdeebt on the story that Thursron wds
clingipg to the balloon asit fell. = The esi-
dence of his companion is very weighty and
indeed it seems hardly possible that Thurston
Ecould have chung so long to his, frsil support
The Fitans says: 7s q a.uow u .s7sd
I s'We change our heading to-day Lost
is a fearful word to say Of one who bot nov
lwas in our midst, in the high tide. of hfe-
slropg. bold. 'iufi q hope With .troJps ol
l(riends about him. ssLost." II sounds slike E
SHE waiting Of the wine in the tops Of the
pinasc' All hope Of finding poor FhnfstoR
alive, is biotted out, and we can only Be-
,moa, him as 40 lost. siaisa ssw sH .gH'oaT5
i.tMr.. Bannisser, his companion, returned
this afternoon. and cap bring " the wors,
,tidings. The balloon te identIfied,s and sent
the silk Of Which 1t wsafs composed to til i
city last. night. He himself remained to
search for his friend. O. To-day he comes
back despairingy. He states. that the bal.
loon valve. on which Thurstoh sat "is 'storrtni
out from the SILK Of the balloon thtee quart
ers of the way round, indicating unerringIy
that the, Seight Of the unfortunate man was
too greti for the strength OF the Sides. and
that the silk gave way. when he must have
| dropped off. His only remaining chance
would be to- cling to the smooth material Of
which the balloon was made, and be could
not have sust aimee himself in that manner
"When this occurred, we can only con-
lecture; but that it mast have been within
an hour after he started, seeIGs highly pro-
! bable. The balloon was seen for nearly
two hours with glass; But # must be re-
| mem5ered that this great body, fuI thirty
feet high, was only the SIZE x d mains hahd
when thus visible, and it would te bitterly
Impossible to see She i'll fated nun If' he
had dropped of. Mr: Bsnnistsr eds quite
positive that he must have fallen beibre
reaching Canada at all. s=2 'o2 li" =
"The stories that IRE 50 p'entifuly that
mai was seen in the balloon as il care
down near Baptiste Creek he wholly dis
credits, as we have from The first. He has
| insestig gated the rbuitrs' pretty thoroughly
| and puts no faith in them Whatever. Il so=S
"Six gentlemen came up from Adrian +:
t1sy 10 90 down to search for the body 1ot
lsrP6Dfstoa,l but aT's f:am.s they we're not de-
tcidsd wa adt coutse TO pursue. Phey incifn.
l3edsto sheae that bis body; if hotol ia ntte
flake would be found between Knights,
/ Station, where he started, aud Monfoe.a,.
TIE only hope now left is thai the body Ihsy
he found. and the hapf Of 2Afectfof be per.
mitted to iby il ia its fl NAL testing place.
!, We earnestly trust this may be, the poor
and only bbun' left for aching and sore
.sniit,eli hearts to Graves 81 7l- slid" 'ts5'
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