Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-09-25

ALahtlc caOle is again IN complete working
order. Good electrical currents have been
passing through the line for the last three
days, and though we are not Informed Of the
transmission of any specific messages, it can
be stated with accuracy that the signals re-
ceiVed from Nalentia are as perfect as ever. 1t
is hoped the cable will he ready for business
in few weeks, at the farthest
The LOST BALLOON AND CHILDREN Found
SAFE On our first page will be found
paragraph giving an account of the escape of
balloon with two children in the basket,
near Centralia, Illinois. From two sources
we are informed that the balloon, with the
children safe in the basket, was found the
next morning. Such a miraculous preserva-
hon is probably not on record. We copy
from the st. Louis Democrat the following
account of the escape OF the balloon
Mr.. g. W. Brooks of this city, an aero
maui of considerable distinction, was adver-
tised to make an ascension from a spot CON
tiguous to the Fair grounds on Friday even
ing, after the closing exercises of the Fair
Instead, however, of going up himself, he
yielded to the solicitations of a young man.
who had been travelling round with him,
learning the theory and practice of balloon
ing, and who begged that as the evening
was so line, he might be allowed to test the
value of his knowledge By little experience
The young man, whose name has escaped
the recollection of our informant, made the
ascension in beautiful style, in the presence
OF thousands of admring and wondering peo-
pie. The atmosphere was so quiet that he
rose almost vertically to a great height and
then, when it was supposed that he would
descend, the balloon passed into a current of
air, which bore it gradually away to the
southeast, and finally carried it out of sight.
1t was said that Mr.. Brooks was much an
noyed at his pupil for refusing to descend be-
lore striking the current of air which bore
MN away from the scene of the ascension.
lie did not return until Saturday morning
about daybreak, and then communicated an
account of his most thrilling experiences.
The current of air which bore him off to the
southeast carried him a distance of about
twenty miles before he thought of descend.
ing. By means of his graphing irons the
descent was made with safety and ease, and
he found himself alighted near farm house,
the inmates OF which regarded him with the
greatest onder and qualification. The bal.
loon was made fast to fence, and after
short conversation with the farmer and his
wlte, they were persuaded to make an ascen.
sion of few hundred feet, one at time
--AN S"AAOSAit iOiiGNSu VI All extra weight.
rose readily, and was easily pulled down
again by means of the anchor rope.
The farmer and his wife were highly
plehsed with their trips, and while ex press.
ing their qualification, TWO of their small chill
dren, one five and the other three year of age,
who had been looking on with establishment,
scrambled into the car and cried out. 6 Let
me go up-let me go up The aeronaut
proceeded at once to crafty them, but from
some Gale lessness or accident as he was let
ting them up, the rope slipped from his
hands, and the balloon mounted upward with
the velocity Of a rocket. The frantic agony
of the parents and the CONSERVATION of the
aeronaut may be imagined. In a minute or
two the balloon had passed entirely out of
sight, and was lost in the blue depths of the
sky. Nothing could be done but to hasten
back to Mr.. Brooks at Centralia, and ask his
ADVICE
The Democrat announces in a postscript
that the balloon was found the next morning
about eight miles from Centralia, and the
children Were in the car, fast asleep.
A letter from Centralia, published in the
Buffalo Republic, after narratng the escape of
the balloon, gives the following particulars of
the recovery
"On Saturday morning the balloon was
discovered in tree top, about ten miles from
the starting point the machine had run all
night, and from the fact that it was seen at
least twenty miles from where it started, at
nine in the evening, it must have sailed round
IN different directions during the night with
Its precious freight, with the intention of land
ing them as near home as possible. The chill
dren were found safe. The oldest. a girl.
said that her brother complained of being cold,
and she laid him down in the bottom of the
car, and covered him with her apron, and he
went to sleep, and that she did not sleep at
all
The anchor of the balloon was out and
caught in tree top, and she found by pull
ing on the anchor rope that she could pull
the balloon down but the tree was dead and
1t soon broke loose. The anchor then caught
IN green tree, and she pulled the balloon
down and fastened it to the branches, where
1t held until morning which was then not
far off The children were taken down alive
and well. Did you ever hear the like beforep
what courage and frmness that little girl
must have possessed If she lives she will
make second Joan dare"