, 1875-05-02
DEATH IN THE BALLOON.
An Account Of tho Lato Fatal Ascen-
aioa ~ Paris

An Account 0f the Lat0 k8tAA A4CS0.
sioa ~ Paris.
l. coble dispatch soma days ago announced the
fatal catastrophe which terminated the econG
ascension Of thr balloon "Zenith," when two ol
the aeronaurs died OF asphyxa, and the third re-
turned to the earth half dead. Fuller accounts
Of the affair reach Dc BY mail. and "e have the
following from the Paris papers
The List, already So ng OF victims to science
now contains two more names. II. Croca-Spl-
! nelli and II. siVel the intrepid natura philoso-
phe1s, who undertook yesterday scientific At
ccnsion with II. CASTOR Tissandier. have per
ished in the course Of their dangerous voyage.
Tho object Of The ASCENSION Of the balloon :. Ze-
NTH " was the study OF the high regions Of the
air. and tho sayans who ~ent up in it were re-
solved to 20 aa high Al possible beyond the
highest ole. alton attained BY any of their prede-
ceasors-to study tue chemical and ply sicai COM
situated seven or eight Thousand me-
tres above the earth. In undertaking these
studies they were not Ignorant Of the dangers to
which they would be exposed. They knew that
nt s. 500 metres the air Is no longer fl fur human
respiration; that even birds cannot ive in an
atmosphere 80 rari6ed as to be untitled for the
aerl6c&sion Of the blood; they knew against
hnw manv difficulties they had themselves con-
tended in former ascension, and At the price
OF uhal fatigues they bad the frat time escaped
anew. But these considerations were not suf~
fcent to deter them, aud they def arted-
The unhappy men sought TO struggle against
de&th By artificial processes. To raalst the NOR
tai effects OF The nTespirable air. the intrepid
sayans had taken With thsm some 1it:le bal. .ovus
full Of oxygen gas according to the suggestions
Of Or. Paul Bert At the altitude of 800 nc
ties this gas, becoming more aud mcre rar1tied
in the atmosphere. they would have recourse to
an e1tlticial respiration Then, said thev before
their departure, they would give themselves up
to their venGuresome experiences then they
a Al erf,i i~17
would stitle them, which no living being had
ever r1sked before them then they wouid
examine, Us far as possible. each other,
in order to know how many pulsatiops
their boarts, beating mad dance; attained to 10
. minute, and to notice to what degree OF stu
pid,ty they descended in raising themselves to
these deadly regions; for, at the height Of mora
than 1000 metz es one MT only dies, but before
death becomes stupeded- They would be
obliged, in order not to euccumb, to breathe by
fragile bass OF gol1-bea:ers' skin. It was o,lns
to this apparatus that they woald be able yolun-
taris To allow themselves to become stupeded,
thoo to arouse themselves at will from this
go to the verge Of sitting, then 70 breathe again.
aud thas, after fashion. to play With death.
At 1880 O'Clock iu the morning OF the 18th Of
April the ''Zenith ascended from the gas man.
ufactory Of Vilette. 4 favorable viud took them
in southerly direction, sud they arrse rapidly.
Ten minutes after their departure from V1lette
tho "Zenitl disappeared III = thick fcg After
that uolh,ug WAS heard Ct them but upon the
10th OF the month sorae travellers arriving in
PARIS from Indse spread the news that tbs
aerouauts had fallen victims to an accident.
the Aerial Navigation Society received
the following dispatch:
Set out from Paris ut 1133. Tbs balloon arose to
height Of 5000 metres which the two companions Of
,cent wua only effected Ut O'Clock at distance Of
wo kilometres f1om Ciron Department Of Indre) |