The New York herald., 1864-08-21
a Trip in /. FIRE Bn n,,osn. !.

NJ Eugene Godard rode an ascent from Cremorns Gar.
acns N "dol 90 the a0th o. July IL nm snerisous bal
sagIe" In this machine n. GODDARD discards gas. and
does bakto tho ordiuary orieinai Moutgofcr balloon
which s commonly Known as "nre hal0Ou.n Last
NJ Nadar's "Glant balloon SUBJECT Of internal ou-
a. interest but the Eagle lar surpasses II in size and
following statistics may not be un,ntefestng IL
hundred and seventeen ce seven inches 10 height
" yc feet niue inches in circam'e three hundred
two Thousand i've pounas weight and four hundred
and ninety cgt houeand hive hundred and nay six ccbc
I contents,
n the centre OF The car Is an eighteen feet stove in
Guiding ibe chimney, nine hundred aud eighty pounds 10
weight: three cylnders. three inches apart from each
dther invented ty ~ GODDARD. with view 10 couDteract
the effects o. the ras;cd neat uron the occupants OF the
oar Inside the fue + meta. coanter TO intercept
srscks The eombYstble enpioyed is rye straw cleaned
rom the cars and compressed INTO blocks Inc total
weight Q. the balloon ncncng the grappucron cords
.par h,nared pcusdt, TWO supplrse pumIs one
ornde IS oGr thousand sS hundred and twenty pounds
The imitation only took fcrtyfve minmes and N. Got
dard says that under favorable circumstances, he can
~ aud slsrt IN iegy than nalf an ho'tr. ,ta
AZ quarter to csnt the whte fabric stood W snorgst
the trees ard pnrs Of the rroand and the vrrors ropes
that held 20 the earth cut away one. by ore w.
Sofard ran rapidly roepd the gold wicker car shouting
eitabiiy Two gentlemen ,cos their piaeer in tho car
Mr prcwse md an oicer IN the cunrd, and a third
wish OF " Codard. Many were iah benind who mad
purchased seats, ou who bad doubts Al the eleventh
boar. 't' t"1
The final rope was cut away, and the huge bar.
bali the heieht Of the monument rrticd rather
than rose towards the east SIDE of the Garden.
Here u met firm lsty pole to which o! its
OBTAINING had been attached, ard this pole was
fent cTeskng on 10 the roof Il theatrical Swiss
aec, which broke in ike piece Of pastry.
FOR Few seconds the baloor seemed 10 return 20 Tue
Gardens and u descend towards the rrass whe the
siokers were seen DESPERATELY throw my the small
russer oi compressed straw into the mouth OF lne
furnace " #.Nt st-t
~ 6odaro raved through his trurnpe, ard the excite
ment caused several ladies TO faint large rcrtion
OF the crowd - rush psnc stricken towards the hote
IN les. than minute, however. the "Essie" had
refn ~ hfny (p. Nf 4nf.x
gi-es the following acconst Of The voysec-- tfr4
"Let ihereader rnagre tsa,he has been ING
engine OF sp express train let him then that
this engine, with tie fire furaace sua
neay eafed inio the air and ne will ep sone sapt
..1neis much wind, and the balloon. slowly
rsng took lis 70 the souheastsard o, London
e quiet those who looked the parorama of Ion
don owned that the sight was wei worth the pisk. ns
req light alared ont ara was seen sfs the neat al
most painful, out ueitber amonsst tngssimen nor
frcnshmen was murmur heard as steadily. one after
oSs tho eirussce o: ssw were passed ioo the Ore A.
no time did tie balloon sscend much above hall mile
and at no time did the ggly roaring cracking carror
cease but ~ Gocard was bland snd brave bis ieiow
conltrymen were courteous ard courageous, ana The
A. length, after crosspr and rscrossus the river
Saloos pss.es oyer ~ ha1nss ana snsn uss 'ne
solved TO alizht A. GODDARD the Isle Of Doyx
He had ssxed his eye. however, upon the tast Green
could be safely attempted VERY nicely and stifuIIv
calculated were mspo uvres Traversne the Thames
NJ Al ine uaOvh grounded
upon the shore, within a dozen yards OF the water.
Distinctly 10 understand the Gerce oxcncuent q the
next three minutes, should he borne 10 mind that the
fire was still rosrng merrtly away that the hpery
80 admmable Tor us special purposes would have
M havoc had there been ANYTHING general ur<et
ard that At this particular moment sf could exert
very little cortroi over bslloon capable o. containing
four burdred and sixty thotsand cubic feet 81 sr
Touching the Shore tire baooa tore Rray, tho bh
canvass napring The bright ore bnrnus. white right In
front rose stone erassnknent The shocks rough
and had the travellers been rovros this particular
method OF ocomoticn We might TOW have awkward
casuatses 70 roiae just beicve each bump however,
M cricketer 20 catch ban draws back his hand No.
stead Of pfotfudins h e, with oil these prec caut,ons
u vas nasty drive. u occupied perhaps q mlnu,s--
seemed han An hour-and there vas strong ipcnston
TO cheer whsa She threatening were passed On
into potato neld arother rss wild tendency 10
leap - chimney, strong "exhiblion" Of restraint y
ths HhAps OF hundred sensible Eagahmen tugxme
givsn--asd NE whole thing vas over