The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-09-28

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From the watertown Times Of the 9Th.
Miss Nellie Tnurston, the daring lady
eronaut, who has made several successful ~
ceasious this seasou, under the direceioa Of
Prof. Squire of this city, made beautiful
ascension from the Watestown fair grounds
On Thursday. Nothing vas heard from her
until late hour yesterday evening, and great
anxiety was felt in regard to her Siety. She
landed in the woods about twenty five miles
back Of RichlAnd station, in the town of Red.
field. She remained in the basket of the
balloon suspended in . tree all of THURSDAY
night and jumped out yesterday morning.
She arrived At the Woodruff House last
night in rather ''mussed up condition,
bat without suffering any serious inconven.
fence from her trip.
balloon from the first hour, - magnificent
in the highest degree. To the west iay the
broad lake, beneath her the dotted land
scaPe. The afternoon train was creeping in
10 Watertown, just beneath, as she passed
over farms and villages toward the south-
east. 1t is probable she passed nearly all
Barnes Corners and the ncighboring settle
ments in Lewis County. Seeing the large
forests ahead, shortly after o'clock p. M,
she tried to land in clearing. As the bal
loon approached the earth, the storing cur
rent Of air would drive her back again over
the woods, until, by throwing out ballast,
she would rise again, and keep on her way.
Three times she tried to light at clearings
in the woods. At the third trial, the cur
rent, which was quite strong, drove her
back again over the forest, and this time,
the "Atlantic," having lost 10 much gas, re-
fused to rise again, and settled in a lively
manner in the top OF large birch tree, in
the town Of OsceOla, on what are known d
Osceola Flats.
This is directly east of the town of Red
field, in Oswego county, in almost a direct
line southwest from Waterton, and not far
from fifty miles distant. The noblest tree in
the forest was the first to catch the silken car
with its precious freight, and the lady found
the balloon spread out over the birch sentinel
and herself swinging in mid-air, about fifty
feet from the ground. Making the net work
fast as best she could to l'mb, and leaving
q portion of the gas in the balloon to prevent
injury to it by settling down on the limbs,
she considered her prospects."
1t was now O'Clock p. m. Not being very
we'll acquainted with this portion of the
United States, and fearing to ivestigate q
strange country at night, in the midst of a
forest, she resigned herself cheerfully to her
fate, and made preparations to camp out. The
basket hung partially on one side, SO that she
could not repose on the bottom of it, but only
upon its side, which was in fact a very peril
Gus position in which to be rocked to sleep.
A light shawl and the canvas used to wrap
the balloon in was all the extra baggage she
carried. She did not order them sent to her
room. Wrapping herself in these as best she
could, she sat down to pheasant dreams" Of
comfort and convenience at home. The cold
awakened her many times during the night,
and she became nearly chilled through. She
awoke at 4: 80 a. m. and took another survey
Below her she saw what she thought were
bushes. Throwing out her canvas it would
not reach. Then she tied rope to the can
vas and thought it would answer. She i'm.
mediately settled her bill for her lodging, and
left the "Atlantic" on the first down train.
Reaching the end Of her rope, about thirty
feet, she found the bushes" to be birch tree,
| about twenty feet in height. She could no,
60 back and dropped to the ground.
Here she received her injuries, and wa
three hours in reaching clearing, going q
distance of two miles through the forest,
fording streams and pursuing devious ways.
At the clearing she found boy choppine
wood. He directed her to his fathers house
and party Of islr or five left at once to find
the balloon. Miss Thurston was then unable
to walk, and was carried by the party. She
had marked her way out, by breaking
branches Of the trees, so that no difficulty was
had in finding the balloon. About O'Clock
the atlantic" was brought out, without the
slightest injury, and at 2 O'Clock the twenty
five miles ride to Richmond station was un
dertaken. This point wat reached shortly
after p. m, from which place she tele-
graphed OF her safe descent. The balloon
was brought to Watertown on the same train
with its fair passenger.