The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-18
PERILS OF THE AIR.
Aeronaut Hogan AScends from
Brooklyn and Is Lost.
EMPEROR OF BRAZIL FIRED AT.
he is Not Hurt Jack the Ripper - Long
shOremen ShOt-Thieving NegrOes-Re-
suscitation of Murderer.

Especial to THE LD-Examiner Dispatch
NEW YORK, July 17-An awestruck
crowd of men and boys gazed upward
from the streets in the neighbOrhood Of the
Nassau Gas company's works, Kent ave
nue., Brooklyn, yesterday morning, for
floating far above was an object that resem-
bled balloon and dangling from it was
what seemed to be a rope. 1t was Professor
Campbells air ship which a short time be-
fore had assembled from the gas company's
yard, and the swinging object which seemed
attached to the netting from which it hung
was Professor Hogan, the aeronaut. The
air ship had capsized thousands of feet
above the earth, the unhappy man having
lost control of his aerial vessel, which was
hurrying on toward the sea, and he seemed
in imminent peril of dropping from that
dizzy height to certain death below.
Circulars announcing that trial Of the
air-ship would be made yesterday morning
were circulated in Brooklyn Before the
appointed time a large crowd of curious
persons had gathered on the avenue at
O'Clock, when Prof. Peter G.. Campbell, the
inventor, and Prof E. d. Hogan, the aero
naut arrived, with moderate sized bundle.
1t was taken into the yard, spread out on
the grass, over which muslin had first been
placed, and pipe was run into an opening
in the balloon and gas forced into it, AT
10 o'clock Campbell ordered the supply of
gas turned off. The opening was then
closed the ropes tested, the sand bags
fastened to the net work which covered
the inflated bag. Professors Campbell and
Hogan looked at one another in silence
Campbell did not seem at all concerned;
his actions and gestures seemed to say:
''Wen, in any event it Is no funeral of
mine | am not going to navigate the air
to-day" Professor Hogan seemed to inter
pref Campbell's thoughts, for as he stepped
into the car a nervous tremOr shook his
frame The blood mounted slightly to his
usually pale face and his voice was husky
rs, taking in a few sand bags, he said:
LET her gO.'
The ropes were cut and the air ship
darJcd into space, cheered by the crowd.
The balloon took a sOutheasterly course,
although Hogan worked vigorously turning
the crank which kept the steering appa-
ratus and Dropelling wheels revolving with
the hope that he could compel the gasbag
to face the wind. When over Hooper
street, about a mile distant, the whole
apparatus to raise and lower the ship be
came detached and fe into a yard at No. "A
in that street. IL was picked up and taken
by Officer Mclaughlin to the station house
where it was viewed by the curious
throughout the remainder of the day.
The airship was the same that was used
at the Polo grounds in this July + AT
that time the projectors did not succeed in
obtaining a sufficient quantity of hydrogen
gas, from the fact that they attempted to
manufacture it by immersion into acid
The balloon was about thirty by fifty feet
in area, and oval shaped. Beneath was a
car or boat of the same length fastened to
the netting with ropes Below the boat
lot, i
perhaps had something to do with the over
turning of the ship. On one end was
wheel used for propelling purposes, on the
other end was a rudder
At II: rs the air ship was in a fair way
for COney island, elevated several thousand
feet At the transfer Office at Graham
avenue and Merserole street it was seen
by reporter; it seemed turned on end.
4 black streak about the size OF a rope was
suspended from it. Occasionally it could
be seen reaching up to the netting of the
balloon where it would remain for time,
then descend again. The balloon was
apparently overturned, and the moving
object was the aeronaut vainly endeavor-
ing to put the put the great air ship in
position again.
The balloon remained in sight until
u: 30 when it vanished from view, the
aerOnaut still dangling from the meshes as
the big air snip faded from sight. At mid
night the balloon was seen lowering over
Astoria, the wind having during the twelve
hours veered to the south United
States Commissioner Muerle was one of
the many spectators. He said that at that
time it was apparently stationary and fut-
tering like dove
It was stated that the ship was operated
by an Edison electric motor. Such was
not the case. The wheels, which were
shaped similar to those of a screw propeller,
center of the car. "A week ago." said
Superintendent Benson of the gas works,
Il asked Hogan what direction he was
going to take when the air ship was in
readiness. He said he would go all over
Brooklyn Yesterday I asked him which
way this wind would take him. His
answer was hesitating, and showed that he
against the wind"