The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-10-16
The Great Balloon Collapse.

The great Transatlantic balloon cXpcr-
imcnt has come to grief. After its ascent
the story is thus told in u special despatch
to the Boston Herald:
AT ten o'clock this balloon passed over
Rye, Westminster county, going due east
at . good rate of speed. At 1 it was
sighted over Connecticut, travelling rapidly
oceapwards. Bridgeport was passed at
10 :5j and New Haven at II 40 1t beat
the train from Ansonia to seymour. and
was seen at Waterbury at noon and at
WATERFOWL at II 80 After passing over
Watertown its course changed toward the
northeast and it sailed slowly over Litch-
field where it was low enough to enable
the OCCUPANTS to hail a man who was
workingin a field,
1.-TWO CARRIER PIGEONS.
We're de patched bearing the following
messages
1T is new twenty minutes past nine and we
are 200O feet high. Lunt is raising the old
Harry with the horn and we all feel jolly. The
sun shinessspenddly and Donaldson has Just
been singing DO They Miss Me at Home Mr..
II. Fl. Whaeler Of Brooklyn was the last man
we could distinguish from alott.
IN The CLOUDS, 10 :o5 A. NJ. We are 1900
feet high. gSing northeast We all feel very
happy. Donaldson says: The dream of my
thing with the ballast and stopping every mo-
ment to admire the SURPRISING grandeur of the
scene. 1t is very hazy all around u.s. and light
clouds are floating below We have Just heard
three cheers bePw and have given 'toot-toot'
with the fog-hoip in reply. We are now II an
attitude of 5o3Ol feet, or just one mile.f We
have Just struck the lower portion of the e3terlN
current. We have Just passed over NoYolk.
(sgned ALFRED YSED."
The little messengers arrived together
II o'clock. but were 50 frightened that
they were caughtWit difficulty
The aeronauts Had pleasant time of ii
up to about noon, when th& began to get
into the stormy area of Licheld county
After passing over ;Smouk Tain they arrived
at a valley where all mo- on Of the balloon
was suspended, andkthN We're for Il time
shrouded in a denSe /cloud Of mist and
po;ring rain, the bal BON every now and
:nen being caught al 81 shaken by violent
gusts OF wind. hehSlventurers We're I'M
certain what to do. At first they thought
they would wait until the balloon descended
sufficiently and then cut all the ropes and
drop the boat lftting' the bag escape.
The storm, however, soon increased with
such violence I'll Fat this was given up as
impracticable and it was decided to open
the valve; but 1T this moment q Is p. M.)
the balloon WIS struck by Il tremendous
squall of wind and rain and was driven to
an immense Height above the valley and
then down again to the earth with fright
full velocity. Spinning over the tops of the
trees. acrossfa small brook and towards a
Il ,t of 1faj,
Donaldson then gave the order to prepare
the side Of the boat, and when the balloon
had reacl{i fed within thirty feet Of the earth
sprang simultaneously. They We're very
much Strained, but We're otherwise I'M
harmed Lunt was not quick enough and
the baAoon shot into the air, carrying him
clinging to the ropes. He was speedily IN
the Storm cloud again and being whnled
abolT in the most alarming manner The
bagFwas shaking about above him with
awful force and he could see nothing, 50
thhk was the cloud He seized THE valve
cord and attempted to open II. but could
not, as it was entangled with the neck Of
the balloon. Suddenly tree tops appeared
above the fog and in an instant the balloon
was whrling through the branches Lnt
climbed to place above the concentrating
ring and, as the balloon rushed into Il
thicket, he swung himself out and dropped
He managed to catch hold of the topmost
limb of a tall tree, but the boat scraped
over his hands. forcing him to let go, and
he fell through the branches to the ground,
fortunately unhurt. \ DR. Adams drove
him to New Canaan, where Donaldson
and Ford soon atterwaru arrived in Il
wagon belonging to Mr. Charles Lewis Of
North Canaan, on whose farm they landed.
The balloon was captured in Il sadly de
moralized condition mile further ON.
MIsCEGENATION. IntermarriageS be
tween whites and blacks are now valid in
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
PENNSYLVANIA, the District of Columbia,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, MiSSiS-
sippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Wis
consin, Minnesota. Iowa, and Kansas. On