The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-12
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TfensnHS N. s. md were; making for The, aea
coast Mt d ierrific rate: yFheng within about
tWenty two. miles OF the coast, Donaldson
Bays . Boys, it's blowing d perfect gale
down befoH,, and NE are going TO have d
rough landing. But down we've got 70 cd
ut ohceor we'll ,goto sea- SO whatever you
do hold on to the ropes, and iWhen: she strikes
bang fast to the ropes, and don't let go.'o
With chat the aeronaut laughed, and pulled
the valve wide open. The balloon shot
down towards the earth In diagonal line,
with the perceptib Idle velocity Of q dart.
The basket struck inthe middle OF an open
field, and few out from under the voyagers,
who were clingiug TO the ropes with a VEN
.geance, and the balloon imme diately bounced
up, sixty feet. The rope and an anchor
were dragging along behind, but the latter
could catch hold Of nothing that would held
1T. IL would catch a fence and rip square
through it, It would catch In the ground
lin one field, and With bound 1t would leap
higher than the balloon and fall arcouple Of
fields further Oh, 30 terrific was the speed at
which the gale bore the balloon Stewards.
/ The. basket then made straight for. q hay
stack, and then Donaldson yelled, "NoWi
we're In for 1t, but keep hold of the ropes
and stick there" Kramer and EDnens,
stuck like leeches as the basket struck the
ihaystack right in the middle and divided it
square in two, scattering the hay III all Sdi-
Erections. After the haYstack collision the
balloon wenti directly into'a peach orchard.
The basket ploughed straight through the
tops OF the peach trees tearing OF the,
branches and scattering the, limbs and
peaches in its way. Meantime people were
following the balloon, and Donaldson called
out to- themto lay hold and stop it, but of.
ter two or three tried the experiment and
got jerked heels over head, the rest desisted,
and the balloon, having cleared the peach
orchard and left it far behind, ran away from
the people, and got into q pine-tree woods.
The ropes and, the basket would catch
hold Of the trees, and then the balloon would
bang from side TO side, knocking the voy-
ayers from one side to the other in manner
that would have soon exhausted their
strength bad not the balloon careened and
smashed into tree whose branches ripped
it into pieces. The basket settled on the top
Of pine tree forty feet from the ground,
and Donaldson sang out, Here we are"-
and there they sat for half an hour. Then
the people from below, who bad been follow
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semble, and Donaldson drew up the heavy
rope into the basket, dropping it down on
the other side Of the tree.
Emmens went down the rope first then
Kramer was told to go, but he said, Z" / can
never get down the rope I'll fall and break
my neck" Donaldson said he would show
him how, and went down first, Kramer
watching him close, and shortly following
him. When Kramer landed on the ground
Donaldson was sitting on tree stump,
quietly drawing sketch of the scene in bis
sketch book. Six trees had to be felled be-
fore the balloon and basket could be extri-
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