The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-30
4 Z PERILs OF BALLooN1Na.

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| Il & PERILs OF BALLo0NING.
We sac learned full particulars of the bal
Ican aece. sion at Adrian on Thursday, its SUBJ
squer. = sent, and it's second ascension, and
rfn away n the asronant while beyond his con.
troll. It { brief narrative, but of thrilling in.
trest. pan lost in the sky There can
scarcely ~ more terrible thought. 1t makes
the feih rep, and sends shudder through
e7ery ne ell
| The ut ascension took place about nine
clock The morning. 1t was on the occasion
LAG Sunday school celebration at Adrian.
he bal ot was q very large and wellcon-
fuctea 81, being about the height of q two
8 DRY tu Ing when Inflated and ready to cut
hose frr, its fastenings. Messrs. Bsnnister
end TIT siton took seats in the car attached to
the ba1t "a, and ascended safely and steadily
p fter lie aiming about forty minutes in the air,
iling.t Yards Toledo all the time, they alight-
in ID goods in the town of Riga, Lenawee
'unty, ar Knights Station, on the Southern
J. 'ad, ci at about eighteen miles west of Tole-
%. SA i men came to the assistance of the
i4ventt and they proceeded to prepare the
/ Allooy r packing, to be taken back to
.driar
In d. Fl this, the monster balloon was turned
: yer a;l artialy upside down, to disentangle
t,e ne; 4 end to reach the valve. To do this.
tlr. Irf, arstoD, one of the @ronauts, took off
lis coft = ID got sstride of the valve block. He
hen sA 4 SEED that the car should be detached
'om IL = ,lloon, while he should hold it down
Nth ha Iaght. This proved fearful calcu.
stion,l : 20 sooner was the still. inflated body
elieve1 =. the weight of the car, than it shot
otto Il & ir with the suddenness of rocket,
'akipg :, Thurston along with it, seated upon
ae vsi' If the balloon, and holding on to the
t'ollap.d silk of the air. ship in that portion of
It's bull In this perfectly HELPLESS condition,
he lllt nan sped straight into the sky in
Ehe fTI ght OF his companions, even more
nelp'e-a an himself. So far as is known, there
we're y s,ssible means for him to secure his
cesceft c'hether safe or otherwise. The part
OF the soon filled with gas was full twelve
feet o. > him, so that there was no chance for
him e \ its sides, and allow the gas to escape.
de ccI only cling to his precarious hold, and
go VIZ .ersoever the currents of air should
take 81 =
WIFI Is regulation or control of any kind,
The b-f I'm continued to mount upward sailing
eH II - direction of this city and Lake Erie.
Fhe "a = ascension took place about eleven
rTTcork End, few minutes past noon, it was
seen q et1e town of Bliss6eld, in Lenawee coun-
4y, afp' sntly full three miles high. and about
the So star In appearance. 1t was still
golnE and on. AT a quarter past one o'clock,
1t wa dimly visible, going in the direction
of Msf as ascertained by compass bearings
take : The parties observing it.
W,d>@ his exact fate bsfhs 90 conjecture; but
that 49, horrible, almost beyond precedent,
there : be no doubt There is not one chance
in y IN for successful escape. Whether
the IH seunate man was carried up 90 high as
to boy benumbed and senseless, death en-
sum- awhether he fell off at length from his
treTe, = aus altitude, to have his breath sucked
from bs''s in his fearful descent, and to be sunk
in the. Ike or dashed into shapeless mass
upon b earth, it is doubtful if any save God
will ess. know. The mind stands appalled, in
conten ating this fearful diaster, and blindly
gropes ~ mazes of wonder at where his place
of sep, hire shall be.
Mr.. -fnrston was an experienced balloonist,
having uilt several, and this being his thirty.
sevent ascension. He was formerly resident
in the Unity of Lima and Rochester, in western
New rs, but has lately resided in Adrian,
where was extensively engaged in business
asa ,eryman. He was q widower, having
lost hi sife last winter. He leaves an interest.
ing de liter, about seventeen years of age, to
mourn Ter fathers unknown, terrible fate
Detrors tribune.
The ,nxiety to hear tidings of the missing
erons Mr.. Thurston, is very great pervading
the en- Q community, giving rise to countless
inquir ; and many rumors. This forenoon,
the re- Or was widely circulated that the bal
loon ] descended in Canada, and that it's pre-
cious eight, human life, was safe. The
tiding en. thrill of joy to every heart. Some
repor located the spot where the balloon had
fall ~ he 1do = A.
vicinit of Lake st. Clair, to the north of Chat.
ham. others made it at the 4" Puce," others
still s Belle River, and others at Baptiste
Greek al localities on or near the G. W. Rail.
way.
We ave made careful and extended inqui-
ries sthe other side, sufficient to justify us
in st ag that the balloon has come to the
earth I'd, further, that, in all probability, it
was tyi-Detro1 Tribune, 2Oth.
We arm by passenger over the Ohio and
Miss. 3pi railroad, who arrived yesterday
morris !, that on Friday afternoon there was
balloo ascension from the Illinois State Fair
group at Centralia. The &ronaut ascended
at fol O'Clock P. M, and at six O'Clock de-
scen1. about ten miles southeast of Centrala,
and, tening his balloon to fence, went into
hoy, near by for refreshments. While he
was ting, two boys, one and the other
years ID, clamberred into the car of the bal.
loon, ID unfastened the rope. The balloon
ascep ID rapidly, and when our inforant left,
nothi had been heard from the young ed.
ventn Cincinnati Gazette.
We we're disposed to doubt the above story,
but TX Louisville Journal, of Tuesday, says:
az Mullen, Of the John Gault, who arri.
we'd Il night from Cairo, and passed through
Cent? is, confirms it, and brings the welcome
intel ence of the safety of the children. The
oldest vas girl. 1t appears that the affair
csu4e the most tremendous excitement, and
hundl de- turned out and followed the balloon
untik was out of sight 1t is supposed that it
went lp two miles. On Sunday morning,
farwN who resided some nineteen miles from
Censs lie, discovered the balloon in a tree,
whec 1t had caught, and the children in it. He
imsjs lately climbed up on ii, and found the
iittk COY asleep, the girl having taken off her
aPrcn and wrapped it around him to keep him
war e, Neither of them seemed alarmed, or,
IT u T. had been, they had got over it, and were
per atiy composed. he brought the children
and J. he balloon down, and conveyed them
hon
z. Governor William Walker, of the VIVIAN.
dotv Indians in Kansas, complains that in 1856
be we valuable oil portrait of celebrated
Ind n to Baron Clinch, of Germany, who prom.
Used to send him in return barrel of fine
Rhe' ish wine, but the vine has not come. The
lIndf % chief thereppon exclaims, "Give me