The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-09-10
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FOR SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
THE ATLANTIC BALLOON VOYAGE A FAIL
URE-BURSTING OF THE BALLOON.

THE ATLANTIC BALLOON VOYAGEA FAIL
URE-BURSTING OF THE BALLOON.
As announced, Professor Lowe continued the in
hation of his great balloon at Philadelphia, on Sat
urday and would have started on his proposed trip
the Atlantic, if an accident had not occurred
that compelled him to postpone the voyage for the
present. The reporter of the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin gives the following account of the occur
renee:
Mr.. Lowe was standing up ON the top of the
basket; the wind blowing very strong, basket bags
and clinging men were raised several feet from the
ground.
She was now gradually Stacked over to the boat
"Down with her, boys; - "Hold on to her good
now, and you'll be all right" "Now, men, get hold
of .the ropes and keep clear of the basket" Five
ropes were now stretched to the windward, on
which the men were clinging. Next the process of
filling with gas was begun. Another cry was,
"Hold on to your gas till we get on the boat"
The great point now was to fasten to the boat
"Pull her back why isn't there more force on this
side?" "Now get hold of another guy there."-
"All together"
| The basket being now fairly over the boat, the
main rope that fastened to rigging and passed
through the basket, attached to the four short
| ropes which ran from the four ring bolts to the
| boat.
| In very few moments there comes a squall, and
there is mastering in hot haste and rushing to and
| fro. As yet there is not much of a crowd Hope
| deferred has sickened the Quaker heart. "Now is
the point" says Mr.. Cresson "If he don't get off
now, he won't this year."
Quarter past twelve, Mr.. Cresson says: "He
may go in half hour. l can send him away in
ten minutes"
A small rope has just broken which has caused
momentary paor. They loading up the
basket with pillows, blankets, carpet bags, and
flowers.
81 tell you it's getting full,' says the loader.
In the boat basket of melons, reel, the drag,
basket of crockery kegs, sponges, tin boiler, FANS
copper for water cushions, oars, anchor, flags look
ing glass, twine.
HaAE past twelve.-He has ~ tons of ballast, be
sides ton of other things which he can throw over
Gas rushing in fast, though only one tenth of fall
force. The trouble now is, where is the valve
| rope? 1t is seen just above the first Joint "The
low" "No, that's crease" "Get a ladder"
| Another stampede here, al small rope having broken
to which the men were holding.
Qbarter to one.-Suddenly, as the man the
| ladder is trying to find the valve rope, puff col
lapse! the silken curtain falls upon the scene, and
would have fallen upon a hundred people-self
| among the number, if we had not moved.
The immense force of a squall OF wind, combined
with the pressure of the gas had made a rent down
| the side of at least twenty feet. We all fled to
windward at the sight.sound which told of the
Had this accident not happened, he would have
| started in half an hour.
lhere was a cry raised at first that the ladder
| man was under the silk, but he soon made his ap-
pearance, and all that now remained was to clear
| the people from the enclosure. We returned
| with Mr. vidal, OF the Courier des Etats Unis OF
New York, who had intended to 60 up.
The number of Coolies brought into the Island Of
Cuba from 1857 TO August "a, 1850, is 4s,Q70,