, 1860-08-03
perit0uB P1atfIOn OF an Erouaut.
fEEQm the Pit. hu .wh Gaz:tte ,Iuly 81

By some oversight, no mention was made il,
our paper Of Monday Of the balloon ascension
made By Professor Wilson, on SATURDAY.. TIE
event was advertised t" take place ut four
o'clock in the afternoon, but az accident carsed
the ascension to be made at IA unexpected mo-
ment. Beiweea II aud Il A. ~, tie :rrouaut
having inflated the "Great Western ut tile
Diamond Market, in Allegheny CITY, BIZ means
Of the gas pipe used for the same purpose BIZ
Prof. GODDARD, and having started with the bal.
loon TOR the park, had reached the corner Of
East 1.ane aaa Ohio streets, On his way to Me.
chanlcs' street bridge, when one OF the ropes
which held down the balloon broke, and auo,her
quickly followed suit The crowd (ctisay Of
boys) who were holding The balloon, became
frightened, and all Of them let 20 their hold.
except police officer Long. La continued biz
hold until he had been dragged aloug tor sew
eral yards, and lifted few feet into the air, and
then be let 60 and dropped 10 the ground with
out injury.
The balloon had in her nearly t;senty thous-
ind feet Of gas, aad was without ball,st, ba ,ket
or car. or any thing save the netting, one large
and q few smaller guy ropes dragging from her.
The Professor had tied up the mouth of the bal
loom, the Gas salye being thus confined, and Ill
being SO fastened as to throw the body Of The
balloon considerably cut Of horizontal posi.
tion. To steady it, and to prevent the ropes
from being rappsd in snarl md the BALBOA
from being turned ups:de dewn, the Professor
was seated in the netting, With nothing but the
light suit OF clothes which be had on. lie re-.
mained in his place and coolly exerted his ut
most to right her, until almost out Of sight.
ascending with great rapidity aud moving IL
no.thwesteIly direction. Just before leaying
The scope Of the vision Of cu7 citizens, some Of
whom were anxiously watching him with pow
esful glasses, he settled down quietly in his seat
and the balloon assumed an almost perpeudicu
lar position. He passed from sight between i
and 2 O'Clock.
Great fears are entertained for the safety Of
Prof. Wilson. as when the balloon lodged he
was not found with it. By tie po!iteuess of a
gentleman from Clarion county, Mr uunter
Orr, We are informed that the air ship struck in
Clarion county, about two miles from Rimers-
burgh, tween that place and the river, on Sat
urday afternoon. She skipped along the ground
for about quartet Of q mile at fearful rate,
before the Lodged; Nothing was seen q heard
Of the :rronaut. There was IN overcoM, life
preseryer, ard some rope in the netting, and .
good deal Of gas in the balloon, which is now
in Rimersburgh.
Since writing the above, We learn that the
balloon, ~ith Prot. Wilson clinging to the net
ting, after passing up the Allegheny as far as
Sharpsburf, turned northward aud proceeded
to short distance beyond E1keEsto1n, in this
county. BY this time the Professor hAd got it
under his control, md he landed With it, in d
tree, On Tue farm Of Mr. Carnnhan, near the But
Ter county line. He succeeded in getting to
terra hrma safely, himself, but The balloon es-
csped from him, ascending rapidly and passing
still northward. 1t horered for 1oEg time,
nearly an hour, over the town OF Butler, and
WAS there an object Of great attraction; and
then, having ascended into IN easterly current,
it passed to the eastward, out Of sight, descend.
ing, IS aboTe stated, in Clarion county.