The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-07-15
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The Buffalo and other papers Of Wee
tern New York arc alive with accounts Of
the late balloon exploit Of Prof. Wise and
his companions. The Buffalo COmmer-
cial Advertiser learns from Mr.. Hyde,
one Of the passengers in the Atlantic"
that the night ater leaving 81. Louiswas
passed without special incident, the voy-
ayers all sleeping comfortably. A. day
light Of Saturday morning they were over
Fort Wayne, Indiana. At Toledo they
were within speaking distance fthe earth
and people on terra frma shouted to them
"thats a big Lake." "that's Lake Eric,
don't 60 there, you'l get lost" &c. The
people appeared, very much excited and
alarmed for the safety of tho yOyagen--
apparently ignorant Of who they were, or
Of the purpose Of their mission. At vari-
Gus points the farmers along their course
would catch a glimpse Of the balloon, and
frequently the voyagers could hear the ru-
raj swain call to his spouse TO get up and
see the wonderful sight In the heavens.
They describe the effect Of the sunrise,
when they approached Lake Eric, as grand
in the extreme. They could not find
words to express the sublimity Of the grand
panorama surrounding them,
The Utica Herald gives the following
account Of the dtscent.---
"Buta terrific peril now appeared The
| balloon rushed into a thick forest, and
tearing down trees and breaking branches,
pursued It's rosistloss course for upward Of
mile and half-dashing the occupants
Of the car TO and fro against trunks and
limbs, until at last il caught in a tall syc-
omore, and the silk was rentinto ribbonsj
when the apparatus at once came TO ahalt,
leaving the yoyagers suspended thirty feet
in the air. Mr.. La NJ luntaine was slight
| y injured by striking against limb, but
all the others reached the ground in safe
II y.
A number Of farmers had observed the
balloon rushing along over the forest, and
Of course at is landiug a crowd had coli
lected. Refreshments were supplied to
the voyage rs, and every courtesy and at
tention promptly paid them. They were
: Afterwards taken 10 Adlms, whers they
arrived about six O'clock.
The excitement in Adams upon loarn-
ing of the arrival Of the distinguished voy-
ayers was intense. At first the people
were incredulous-they smclt 4 meteor
remembered moon storios--did not wish
to see elephants or any such sort Of ami
mal-but when Mr.. Wise produced ycri-
table st. Louis papers, dated the diy be-
fore, and other evidences Of the voyage,
the people believed, and the mronauts were
the lions Of the town. An impromptu
meeting was called at Saunders Hail.
At least eight hundred p ople were pres
ent. Col. Hun erford presided, by whom
the VoyNgers were introduced TO the audi
ence. Profs. Wise and eager respective
ly related their experiences during the
trip.
MIR. La Mountain remained with thebal-
/, loon to save il, il possible. Mr.. Hyde leit
in the evening for St. Louis, and Mcssrs
Wise and eager also lett Saturday eve.
n,ng for the east, with the paclSag of pa.
pers and lett rs, dated at St. Louis the
day previous, some of which have ere this
been deliv red in New York.
The highest point attained during the
voyage was a little over two miles. Tit
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gas at the stirling The balloon was the
one constructed at Lansinburg, and the
voyage was an experiment preparatory tC
, tip across the Atlantic. The Rronauti
are well satisfied with their trip, and arr
q conhd Mt that erial navigation for grea
distances is eatirely practical. Tn,
trip cost Mr.. eager alone some two thou
sand dollars"
A Watertown IN. " paper says:--
"Wise and eager at the time of our in
D ter lew were in good spirits, aud wer,
? free with their jokes. Prof. Wise sal,
g their passenger, Hyde, Of the st. Lou
q Republican, got panicky while passing
over IKE Ontario, and kept cxclaiminl
in anguish, ave are gone for i'll" Wis
told him "it did not matter where a maj
died, whether in water or on land" 1T,
. you il may not" said Hyde, "but ha
rather die on laRdP
Prof. Steiner, accompanied by G. G
. Brown, of Lockport, ~ y, made an as
> cension from that place on the Afternoon
of the Fourth, and landed at Cold Spring
after having been up two hours. Brow
u was thrown from the car when nearing
e the earth, but was not injured.
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