, 1875-07-02

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EnSdn L,hri,r.
In o.lr last isalso we presented btiof atnto-
mcnt concerning tho tl,ingv hazardous voy-
aEc over Lake Ontario n,ado by tho tlippo1rolno
balloon with Prof, ". II. DonnlIaon and thrco
Toronto newspaper roDrcboniativca. Tho To-
ronto Leader Of yesterday morning, chronicles
tho shfo return to that city Of tho heroes Of tho
rough e1perieuco alluded to. and publishes
graphic account OF tho voyage, Oh giyon by their
reporter, who WAS ono Of tho party.
From the time Of the aaoonsion, 1lnlf-past
o'clock Wednouday afternoon, tho baloon WIS
driven In IN eas.arly direction, aod whom In tho
ovos tho lako. Donaldson conprellendcd tho
situation and ADVISED tho passengers that they
might count upon nlglt over Tho lake. not
seeking to Disguise the ditlicutioa and danger
xen we're 10 n1s oa
milo of tho town Of Whitley, and hopes wsro
entertained Of making landing thore. but
thos0 expectations were speedily 1lsslpatca
lion far ont oyor the wasors: so that both
shores weto in Wow. Then. IN tho worda Of the
reporter, tho wind again veerod round and tlloy
nearcA tho north shore, soon arriving within
hood Of CoburR. Then tho i,ssloou, wnics, Ind
not been properly inflated for . long voyaEo-all
those on 6oard expecting only to ba abaons for
fsw hourb-began to doaccn1, and At 6;45 tho
drag-fopa touched the watcr. Tho descent DOW
became much morn rapid, and second nfter
second tho watcr appeared with greater distinct
ncss. Bag alter bng Of sand waH thrown out,
aud tho excitement became moat intcnac. aud at
the same time most interesting. to those Who
wern being carried through the air.
The basket began to osclllato In tho most violent
manner, and, by tho explanation Of tho Pro-
fessor, they found that this Was caused by the
motion of tho waves in tho lake below. No por-
cop.iblo difference was to bo discovered in tho
downward motiun of tho ba!lu0u. III half n
minute from tho time the rocking Of the basket
waa first observed, tho car waB submerged to the
extent Of about q feet. At tho samo time tho
There was .bon no lopRor hesitation about got
ting rid of tho sand, AMI all thrown out with
tho exception Of few bags, which were reserved
in tho event Of still greater emergency. Far
out into tho lako they, wero still dliyou, aud
very soon tho opposite Bloro waB M near ~ that
wltcl, Ind boon left; in fact. from nppoarances
rathcr uearer. Donaldson requested all to keep
sharp lookout for any veaacl that might bo
passing, and at lengt1, tloir hopes woro raieed
hv coming lu right of schooner abou. 3 o'clock,
but those OIL boatd probably did not understand
the shouts from tho lncklesa occupants OF tho
baskDt, aud sho sailed away into tho mist
From, this limo for milo af!or milo tho
balloon travelled towards tho hcad uf tho
Latte. md the, ou'y hope was that q
favorable Wild might uso and carry
appoasments @ s Took paco % Several ] vssaols were @
bghtod. but all OF them without tho limit to
which tho human voice could roach. About II
o'clock tho balioou again commenced to descend,
and aoon reached about forty feet OF tho
Prof. Donaldson giving tho word. WHOM tho
various articles wero to be thrown out. The an
chur wont first, thcn tho anchor rope: thun
went portion Of tho drag rope. some 20 feet
toll Sft film ttRt1
Of soma avail for tho time belngs but it aoon be-
gan to near the water aGn!n. Thou ovorcoats
aud esery available article went over tho side.
Stii! they descended, aud at about 1a:l5 touched
From this time up to tho -oscuo tho basket
Was submerged moro or less, tho occupants
aometimcn sitting On tho edge and At otl,or timcs
holding on to tho ropes. 4hoy 0cro at the mercy
hoEos Of Doing savcd woro abandoned. Fottu-
uately, the wind subsidetlt and, beiuE within a
few miles Of Point Retro lighthouse, hupo began
to rovive and faint expectations Of Hafety were
entertained, yot no help cauo. At this tltne the
balloon had boon driven In by conflicting cur
tcnts 10 within about miles Of tho siIor0. At
this Btago 1t may bo satd that Point Petre was
the last ohnnce thst tho batoonats Ind Of rcach-
tho lake, somo 70 nailca distant. Tho
wind again roao In 1noHt uncertain gusts- At
ono time tho balloon waB out fur, and tho n0xt
moment Was uear enough to shore to attempt a
I!ek " 1pnnuoplOE tl4o ua!l0u Aot kuu HattE, ~
the hopos Of swimming to laud. About o'clock,
however, ! small schooner was discovered at q
| distance OF about q mile and = hali. p1of. Dom
allBou'B EtronE voice succeeded In reaching tho
mau at the hcim and tho grateful w6rlB II We
will try aud help you, finally caaao back to tho
tmpaE!lod voyRgers. Tack after tack uas mado
by the yesso1, but On account Of tho balloon anil
ing into tho wind faater than 1t could follow, tho
enieaYor to reach wss found to be futilo. Then
3 boat was lowered, and for N liour and half
! tho two mon who formed the crow rowetl
vigorously. ut ttmea getting within spoa!t-
Ing distance. aud theu sga'n being left
faf bohiud. At last tho broezs subsId-
tho boat to reach tho aotonauts. Tie drag-ropo
| OF the balloon was haudol to ttose on board,
and tben commenced tho voyage to tho shore.
| At times, while no wind WAS blowing, tho work
! OF towing was easy. At other tnica the
boat bud to bs brought up close alongside, and
| ,,eed ~ what might be called r. holm, iu order
that tho unwieldy mouakor might not be blown
Wednesday morning thoy happily succeeded In
mixing q landing on tue coast Up TO this time
| the balloopsss had no knowledge Of tho locality
| In which they wero. all beng too much engaged
| 10 Inquire Of tho mon 10 tho boat Us to II or
whereabouts. On landing they found that they
were about l milo west OF Point Petrs, also
called Long Point, tho iight-houas having beou
| they sighted tho schooner until q landing was
| effected w&H about two hours, which nlado the
time paaBed 10 the water about four hours.
THE WEATHER.
| WARRINGTON, D. c., July 1,-For the Lake
region, tho Upper hfissiaspp, and Lower Mta.
souri, Valleys. falling barometer, eastcrly tc
soutlariy winds, partly cloudy, and generally
| Warmot weather. hnu rain nrfas. except cool