The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-09-23
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On last Thursday, at 81 o'clock, Messrs. Ban.
mister an rhurstol, assembled in a blliooa from
AdIian. After they had boen up some time,
they let Off the gIs gradually aud descended near
Knights Station, few miles from Sylvania,
in Lucas county, After their descent, the Toll
edo Blade says:
The WronOus stepped from the car, and i'm
mcdiatcly proceeded To untusten the car, aud to
remove the netting from the Balloon, which
gradually turned over finally resting with the
neck upward. Mr. Thurston got s,raddlc OF the
main valve, which was circular wooden box or
frame, fixed in the top of the gas sack, (Which
was very larg", containing 2j000 cubic feet of
Sas,) aud was engaged in forcing back the valve
which opened inward, at the same time reques
ting Mr.. Bannisler to un;ic the the neck of the
bag. The latter Mn b., who was busy with
the netting, neglected TO do
The moment the netting was off, the sacl,
suddenly arose, aud Mr. T., still clinging to the
valve Mr. b. instantly grasped for the aSCen-
ding balloon, but Thurston cxclamcd-' Hold
on, Biunister she will soon come down again; -
for he supposed that his comrade had united
the neck of the sack which would, of course,
soon relieve 1t of gas, aud therefore of its up-
ward tendencies but he was doomed to u terri.
BILE disappointment. Up, and up, the balloon as.
cendei with its precious burden of human life
aud, when last seen by the horrifiad Binnister
was lull two miles high, and sailing RAPIDLY to
the uorhwarl. Mr.. b., scik at heart. and
drcadtully alive to the extreme danger of his
comrade, hurried to SylvaniO arriving in time
for the up train (from Toledo, | | % A. MY on
which he soon arrived at Adrian with the un.
huppy tidngs,
The balloon was last seen at quarter past
one o'clock ON Thursday afternoon says the Blade
III the direction of Maiden, Q. w,
The Detroit AdUcrtiSer of Tuesday morning
give the following statement which will prob
ably lead to the discovery of rhurSton's fate
The report thnta balloon had been seen nca,
Bnpustc Creek Station, on the Great WGSterI
Railway, reached us yesterday. Sheriff McEwh
of Windsor was nj The station, which is 81 mile
! distant from Windsor Saturday, aud the Sta
ton master informed him u very large oul oOl
had been seen to alight IN marsh seven mite
from that place. Thursday afternoon. ro-da,
we convcrscd with a man who was at the station
at that time saw the balloon, descend, and il
company with four Others went in search OF it
lie said it was between three and four ocloci
Thursday afternoon, 1t was so far of they couh
not determine whether there was man ON it q
not, 1t was descending with great raip pii,y.-
After some time spcntm in fruiteSs search, it wa
r2iinQuShrd. Oar informant Snid he converse,
with an iudlvilual who saw the balloon within
about two miles, and said he thought !asre lSa
an o3i,ct cinging 10 il!
This afternoon we saw an inAividt al who IN
formed us thata balloon had been found, ON Sat
urday afternoon ON |he larm OF Mr. Marks i
West rilherry, n place situated about SIX mile
from Baptisle Creek Station, and that he a uea
neishbor of Mr, MARKS had seen H. They ha
then heard nothing OF the ascent of Mr. Thurs
Al Ia tnyFihla pN tapnnOt in rpunrl Ia il
lie described il rs a very large balloon and tcid.
~ rent in three places. We have no doubt lh
is the missing balloon, aud from the mans q,
count of the condition in which il was tuun,
the conviction forces itself upon rs, that III
balloon reached such m atitued that the raihr
condition Of the atmosphere caused Il to hur'
, which leaves little room for speculation as
. the fate of lhurStOn.
Mr. Haunistcr was i'm town yesterday, and 10"
5 the evening train for Bhpti>te Crccl, station Il
5 is conf lent MS to the identity ct the balloon "a,
e sanguiuc that his ru1ud may be found in the pcig
= borhood in which il struck the earth. That Il
balloon was seen ON Thursday, and was not louI
until Saturday may appear Improbable to tho
- who are ignorant as toits locality. II abounds
q wild and almost impossible marshes, that can O
$ Ily he penetrated by employing canoes, TO he ca
ried over dry places aud launched on the mum,
y ous streams oGwater that diversity IT,
lttho balloon did not ascend to height wht
! caused the death OF Mr., r., we shall yet expect
. hear OF his safety, The large amount Of canya
i or silk, orwhich the balloon is constructed wi
beyond doubt prevent adeScsn, sufficiently ra
% ia to d stroy his life. Mr., Wise tested il in Pl
% adelphia, whore he a,ccndel two miles high, an
!. exploded his balloon reaching terra drma in sa
=, ty.