Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-07-09
THE AERIAL vOYAGERs.

Account ef TIE Great BALLOON Imp from ~.
adams, NeW, York, in Eighteen Hours.
Friday evening, at twenty minutes past
seven. the balloon Atlantic left 81. Louis for a
trim IN tbe sas.boord Massrs Wisa ia
49,.
ioul'aihe' wager, anu W. Fyoe, o. Tue re
publican, were the passengers. The balloon
landed ON Saturday afternoon, about twenty
no;nn+as ,,ost +,ro o,oiool, ba,;no t.o,.alI.d
70
over iioo miles IN eighteen nouls'
The balloon landed on the farm OF Mr..
Whitney. in Jefferson county. about eight
m;les from Adams VILLAGE II tr,velloa ovar
tiie Wiiole u i'ahe hrie' from loleuo' ACROSS
Long Pont-passing between Buffalo and
Niagara Falls at II O'Clock. Saturday noon.
Afte, n had nossed RntfaIo and met bofore
lie, p.o,iss.. 49,, -.
reasoning noohes'ef' 'io oaiiooh elieoui'eieu
violent hurrican, which swept it from its
course and carried the voyagers over Lake
Ontario. II was their intention ia have follow
:, ~, ca,,4,..i a, .;l.a.5 !, .,,.i.,,.
81 'iie eeii'lal haiiio"i aS near as possip'e 70
Albany, and but for the storm OF Saturday
they would have been successful.
Tho wind s,vent the balloon with yraot
Feiooity over ele baNo' anu peiore Ieaeiins
within sight OF the eastern shore OF Lake
Ontario the Erial Ship lost her ascending
nouer and r.nidlv sank d.,wu toward tbe
- M, ~. III .....,'. -
water. lhc nailas' iiau ei.ileiy gwen out,
anu the pIuslsioi.s' "atel supplies' UNI sonie
oil the ciothng OF the passengers were thrown
overheard the nailoon neareu tne hake
with great Velocity, "hen !. was iouha heces,
sary 70 take on me propeiilg machine ana
pin m, II oSerpoaru.
uhese euorts were unava,lapie 10 give me
balloon ascending power Wheh the oars ana
seats OF the boat were gwen 70 tne waves. =
All hands then lett the boat and clambered
INTO the car, sixteen teet apoVe' III spite OF
all exertlons, the air vessel Stunned to with
IN thirty feet OF the water and actually dash
ed the boat into the lake. IL rlghted itself,
however and the balloon went on with the
speed OF Two miles per minute. Al TINS point
the propeller Young America, oil oswego, was
spoken.
Providentially the balloon reached tho shore
having travelled over NIFTY mles-lust above
the waves, which were rough and bolsterous.
But terrific peril now appeared. The bal
loon rushed into thick forest, and, tearing |
down trees and breaking branches pursued It's
resistless course Tor upwards OF a mile and a
nail, dashing the occupants OF the car TO and
fro against trunks and limbs until at last 1t
caught IN TAI sycamore, ana the SILK was
rent into ribbons, when the apparatus at once
came. to halt leaving the voyagers suspend
ed thirty feet in the air Mr.. La Mountains
was slightly injured by striking against
limb, but all the others reached the ground in
safety.
Professors Wise and eager respectively re-
lated their experiences during the trip. From
them we learn that the night after leaving 1T.
Louis was passed without special Incident
The voyagers all slept comfortably. Daylight,
Saturday morning found them over Fort Wa
yne, Indiana passing east, they reached To-
ledo, and struck off across Lake Erie, AT
Toledo, the voyagers were within hearing dis
lance of persons on terra frma, who very
generously and enthusiastically shouted,
"That's big lake ~ "That's Lake Erie
Don't so there, or you'll get lost p &c. The
people appeared very much excited and al
armed for the safety of the voyagers, appsr-
emily ignorant OF who they were, or OF the
purpose of their mission.