, 1874-10-24

From The sun ffa,i6i 6iaeo Chroni;iet Oct. a.
.;ona yesterday afternoon Cruel sn,s n'say profes.
T,oupc, nlaIo an ASCENSION from Wood Sard's
Garlens lit a lot-air balloon. Tho aseaut waY
mado ut 4 oclock. and WA probably tho finest
and quickest over inado upon the eoAst. Mr.
tho Pavilion and it being the farewell benefit Of
the Buislay family previous to their departure
for Mexico tho place waa crowded to Its fullest
capacity. After the performance, the balloon
was in!latod.. aud d dog aud parachute attached.
At giyon signal tic ropo was cut, and the tal-
loon phot Eo rocket into tho mir, reacliug IN a.
titudo OF about 1000 feet In 4 row seconds
whun, sclzel by 4 fierce hlaat Of wind, it was
borne towards the Potroro, and inside OF half a
minute waa full mile from tho atarting-ppjQt,
1t soon roacted an elevation of 1000 feet, wlou
tho parachute was relen"ol. aud tho dog ilonted
nafely to tho ground, wlnl" tho balloon tloatod
for about fifteen minutoH lnotionlesa in the air.
At abous & quarter 70 o. g cold current ., air
began slowly to dcscund. Dy i o'clock it waa
directly over De,nal Hes gifts, whore 1t began to
fall rapidly aud stlnc:s with considerable force.
Caught by n still broe2o, it was dragged ovor
10y loBt onti:e control Ut his balloon, and tue
repeated striking upon tho rocts, aud also
sweeping through a board fenco, 10 ehtangled
him III Tho ropeu that he became nearly holp-
eBp 1t struck about tcn times upon the rocis
beforc tho daring cesonhus became unconacouB,
Elcn .!1c balloon ayailt roac, and at Distance
Of about u foct franz tho ground ho fell, strk-
ing upon lis back, .ursi lynlg us though dead.
wLilo tho balloon, relioycl OF lts weight, sailed
away. TlliB terrible casastropho happened in
| tho vicinity Of tho g'usn-wor!is. mud near tho
rosdenco oil AIR. aIcLoicil. who, curlou4ly
enough, was at ono time professional aoronaut.
1tnElling to his aHsistMnce, Mr.. aIcIoicIl found
Duiglay in terribly bruiaed uud nans'od condl-
pnlsatiou Of tho llcart. Other parties who had
| witnessed tho accident rushed Ut onco to tho
spot, and tho sufferer WA conveyed to
tho houso OF atr. hcLoich, and rnedicnl aid
physician arrived and dyesacd tle wounds,
which wero very aoycro. S1r. Buiplay was iu-
| mc1latcly thereafter conveyed to his residence.
i'fv'a the San Francisco Ch'unseEr, ost. u.
Grrot. profegaionaily known ag Gruot Dulslay,
tie nuronaut. breati,ol Iia lGat. Tho doceased
WAS about 10 ycara OF ago, and was 0 uatiyo OF
Eraaoo. Lie had prnrticol gYmnau:ics mud bal
daring Of acroaarts.. Ills performances in mid
mir OIL n bar suspended by two ropos from bid
loon were Of the most thrilling nature. Although
hc lad followed tlis poriIoua calling for twenty
five yealu, making in that limo hundreds Of as-
| GensionB. le neror before met With an Incident
He was 4 graduate Of tho parla Gymnasium,
tho proprietor Of which adopted him at m ear1y
age, a,d at Is Gtuot had tho management Of the
| institution. Shortly afterwards ho joined thu
troupe Of Eticnno EuislaY, and with them began
Tho troupe Travelled throughout Franco, and mado
several proloaa.onnI excursions to Spain, some
Of which lasted for two years. They thon visited
| the United DlntoH, giving exhibitions in New
York md other Eastern States, after winch they
| made nn oxtenaod tour OF South America, ro-
turning by way Of Mexico. and roaching this
| city ebout nino years ago, whom Gruet nude at
Inyos' Park tho llrst ascension with Aot-air
balloon over matlo In this city. His WHO dird
| hoon after hiH arrival bore, and low months af-
| forwards ho married. Lonisa the daughter of the
elder Duinlay, wl,u had been mombor Of tha
| troupe Einco nllo waa years old. THO troupe
afterwards dissolved. and ita mcnborB scattered,
| Gruet Eoint; to Australia. Hercturued about two
years ago, meeting tho elder Buislay and two or
throo othor members Of Tho troupe. with whom ha
Inns been exhibiting In Ihis city. Ho was q maa-
tor or gymnastics mud excellea in the use OF tho
foils aud tho gloves. Lie never aaeondetl in q
gaa balloon except OH ths occnsion Of tho Pho.
neors' recent celebration. when tho adventure
rosultod in tho injury OF two of thu men in thu
baHkot and tho narrow escape from death Of tho
| whole party. Ho had niuo bro.hers aud sistera
engaged IN tic same buelnoss. Quo Of his BROTH
ers was killed in AIoxico four years ago by fall
ing with collapsed ballon. His wife, with four
little childsau, md IN uaborn babe, is loft in
straltencd circumstances. The catastrophe Of
Sunday has caused tho surviving members Of tho
families to forBwear baltoouing forever,