The Press., 1889-07-25
PROT. HocaN,s LAST AIR VOYAGE.

PROF. HoGAN's LAST AIR VOYAGE.
 Prof. Hogan, who made such fine ex- hibits of ballooning and parachuting at the last Stafford Springs fair, made an ascent | at New York last week Tuesday, of which ! the Mail and Express gave the following description -
 Prof. D. Hogan. the aeronaut, ,lis lost in space.
 He made an, ascent in Prof. Campbell's air ship yesterday in order to prove that it | was not his fault that the attempted ascent on June 19-was failure, and is still in the air, sso far as is known.
 Prof. Campbell has been experimenting for long time to perfect a ship that can navigate the air. He believed that it was possible to sail dead to the windward. He constructed q cigar shaped balloon 80 that duced to minirnum, and tQ this he ssus- pended the ship The balloon was fifty feet in length, and when filled with gas twenty four feet in diameter. The ship was built of iron and canvas, It was -thir- ty six feet in length and weighed 400 pound. The ship was shaped like a boat l the rudder was on the bow and on the stern was apfopeilor that was to force it through the air. Under the ship was another wheel in which were a number of twisted blades l This wheel was to. elevate or lower the ship EWhen revplved tothe fright it sent the ship upin the air i; when the motion was re- vefsed the ship was lowered. When Profs. Hogan and Campbell tried to make an at- tempt to sail through the air on June 19 they could notsefilE dhe balloon with gas. Hogan then said Campbell, will come lon agaIn, and we will show the public that xit was not our fault the ship did not rise. :"
 Yesterday he made the second attempt. The ship was taken to the works of the Nassau Gas Company on Kent avenue, Brookl lyn, and 15,027 feet of gas was put in the balloon. The car was fixed and Hogan gave the signal to let her@go. The ropes were cut and away sailed the ship with Hogansi in it managing the machinery. k Prof. Campbell wasdelighted. He way s ed his hat with delight. The crowd also gave cheer, and then Prof. Campbell hur- ried to the newspaper offices to tell of his I triumph. r S#yG$8
 q When the ship went up the wind was blowing from the northeast, and the ship took southerly course The propellor s was worked by an electric motor, and Prof. Hogan worked the 8elevatingF wheel by means of crank. After having gone a mile inc elevating wheel fell to the ground. | X House. The only way the ship could be lowered then was by means of the valve to let out the gas. In spite of this accident the ship still sailedF on and was soon lost fsight of. Since then nothing definite is known of it's whereabouts. There have been several reports about it having been lseen, but nothing positive is known.
 Prof. Campbell, the designer and build i. Ter of the ship. was in avery worried state this morning. He was seen in his store al No. 445 Fifth avenue, and said he had been ,- trying to learn where. his ship was, but {, lcould not do so He had telegraphed all over Long Island and Connecticut, but had 7. received no information. He was seen bJ r, areporter for the Mail and Express. The f professor was pacing about his private of h flee. He was alarmed. The work of years sl seemed to have been blown sway. Ht adi said ''I expected Hogan to sail about M over Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City and to come back to me at about o'clock I can't understand why he did not do SO Now have not the faintest idea where he is, but I feel sure that he is safe. Aftel the loss of the elevating wheel he ought tt have come down."
 s Have you heard that the ship has beer seen anywhere, professor ?" asked the re tporter.
 "There have been several reports, but don't believe them. One said he was ove Astoria last night at l2 o'clock. Anothe said he was at Rockaway."
 "One report said that the balloon hat capsized, and that Prof. Hogan was seer climbing about the rigging. Do you be lieve that?" s.s s5 =, sy. x "H is impossible to capsize the ship Just as impossible as to capskze balloon Hogan is an experienced aeronaut ana would know well how to manage in cas-, of any accident. If the valve should ge out of order he could make hole in tn, ! balloon and let the gas escape and in tha way come down. believe that he is nov somewhere on Long Island and will sent us word soon. The gas in the balloon weN@ keep it in the air for four days, ant then would lose it's buoyancy and the shil would come down Last summer smal lship, six feet in length, escaped from tn
 hall at Coney Island in which we were ex hlbiting, and it has never been heard o "Isince. |"
 The professor then left to go up to tn tower over the reservoir and see if he coul. see his ship anywhere.
 Prof. Hogan, the man in theafost air ship IS an experienced aeronant. He lives a Jackson, Mich. He is 42 years of age I short, stout and weighes 171 pounds. H is married. His wife is in Jackson. Ii
 1864 he made an ascent in balloon for = wagon company and took four-wheele
 wagon up with him. He stayed over tn
 lake all night, and in the morning sul prised a farmer by lowering the wago
 from the air. He packed up his balloon E and then slept in a barn for the rest of tn
 day. Everybody thought he was lost ther Nn1n n fS~vs~o L.,
 and making parachute jumps. He is bool
 ed for one of his jumps in Canada on Jul
 19, and perhaps has sailed in the air shi
 to be there on time. Last summer he ga1
 exhibitions at Rockaway and has been el gagged for this season at, the same place. The effect of sailing through the air is make one very sleepy, and Prof. Campbe
 says Hogan may be asleep on Long Islan
 somewhere now.
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