, 1874-07-09
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from fhe BhtifO Commercial, uH!YB,
The Erattu balloon hhcBnsu1l by Prof. 8. A.
King aud party in tho magnificent air-sip Duf-
fnlo WIS, Without doubt. thb most attractive
and buccbseful feature Of Saturdays programme.
About quarter of 2 O'clock the Initiation Of
1lessod by a large crowd. The infatfon Of tho
palooh waa concluded shortly before o'clock,
md tho h1laa rropatatloas were tAeh tnado. The
bnslot wis attachcd, tho aorial travellers packed
1i,on, moro or less, was invoked, to lold tic
monster down.,
The party, consisting OF Prot. Hing, Mr.. Wal
teri Chos'or, Mr.. Luther I. Holden, Of tho
nol,tatlvo, took their seats III tho basket at
O'Clock. just flve minutes Inter, the Professor
Cut the ropo. and the " Buffalo" scared away
gracefully aud nlaiestica1ly into the MR. amid the
Hearty cheers Of the assembled multitude.
rapidly sailed away TO the southeast, and wns
soon lost 10 sight III the heavy clouds which OBJ
seured the shy.
Tho following dispatch from our balloon ro-
the trip:
s.sAnrM clrr, N, J., Jnly5.
1.-THE aerial VOYAGE Of tho balloon Buffalo on
5n{ s orc Of ho ost exciting En- and ongss
which tho balloon took Oh lcnving tho city was
little south Of east, sailing along The buy abo,,t
q mile from tho ahoro. BY balloon time 1t was
ihintitos pasl when tho ascent vas made.
very fine, though a slight mist obscured tho
prospect. Tie aeronaut got out his dtag-rope
in a Tow minutes after the start, but tile balloon
did not sink low enough to have it touch tho
water.
"At 90 minutes past land WAS maae, and nt-
ter that tue same course, q few points Gust Of
south, Mas maintained for a long limo.
!" The hhlloon p1,sged directly over Tue little
little to tho loft and smiling low Afforded its
occupants grcat deal Of sport IN conyersation
With peupe on tue onrth, aud by tho Hcampering
@.lie Town OF NORTH Collins was roaclled at
five minutes past Z. A quarter of an hour later
we aailed abovo the lower Atrnta Of clouda aud a
barometer observation showed au altitude of
about 5000 feet. Cattaraugus Creek waH crossed,
tile belloon pnaslng into the Town of East Otto
at thlrty-eight mibutes paat7.
TluB tar tile course was almost Identical
with that taken nearly the same party on July
4, 1889, IN the fauaous trip OF the Hyperion.
We shortly rose to grontsf altitude, md for O
time tlo earth was obBourea from Wow by tho
clouds below.
. MIR. Holden continued to take observations
Of barometer and thermometer until twenty
minutes to 9o'cook. At twenty-four minutes
paAt 8 o'clock We beard the report OF @ canton,
followed by several others, which we attributed
! to celebration at Ellicottvillo.
vt became rather dark. and the Buffalo sailed
on for about two hours between tho 10wer aud
| uppor strata Of clouds without much of thc
| OH4tasNoluk N1blH19 uAI|y HUuul6 HFOEG
to tile ears OF tho balloon occupants. The moon
roso llttle after II o'cocl, aud was hailed with
hearty Welcome AS her rays not only Illuminated
the clouds and tho Landscape, but Hho alao served
ab mark in informing lH Of our course, which
continued III the anme geueral direction. it,
TIC cast OF Houlh. For long ti1ne tn tho evcn-
ing frequent nashes Of lightning were goen
both below and above, ned around uB, but We
were fortunate III not encouuteruB any HtOrm.
About midnight ranges Of lofty mountains began
to appear before us, which Prof, King correctly
deciaod to be the Allegheny range. The balloon
had ltttlo or no difficulty in Burnounting any Of
thon, and tho cultivated valleys showed US Tint
We were travelling over . civilized country.
Our locatiOn was guesBed with considerable
accuracy though not With entire conhdencs dur
ing tho remainder Of tho right In tho early
morning the Buffalo found itaelf taking moro
oastorly COURSE thpn .bofore, and living over
scoues Of unoxampled beauty; tho richly onltl-
vatod fields Of York County, Pennsylvania, md
the northwest eornor OF Maryland. The vlews
over this garden spot Of tho North beggar
description.
"Our courso became moro oastarly, and 1t
waa soon evident tliht We would APPROACH the
Atlantic Coast. We crogaea suaqnehanna lllver
usiuutea past5. Hore, smiling at a hagl,t Of
nearly miles, and tho splendid .panorama of
this eiuuaus river Visible for hundred mlloH of
its length, tue Potomac River to the south. and
tho ChoHapeako and Delaware Bays III front,
with the Atlantic In tho distance, sora rolled out
before tho iollgkited oyos'of thu voyaguts. Wa
orossed Delaware Bay at G30, diIo0tly ovor
Delaware City, aailed nr,oary oaat, though o
lttlo south, pasacl directly oyer Salem City, and
1t 5 MINUTES past 7 Prof. King made hac
cpasful though rather exciting lnnditlg amoug q
! lot OF scrub oaks about 10 miles hbyond th!f
noint Tho balloon must hayo Travelled nh0u
1UO miles In thirteen honrB, 'aMd the voyaga II
one OF the longest aud most interesting OF
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