Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-18
HOGAN PROBABLY LOST.
The Missing Aeronaut's Chances Re
garded as Very Slight

From the New YORK Times To-day.
IL looked very much last night as though
Aeronaut L. ID. Hogan, who took Campbell's
AR ship up on trip from Brooklyn on Monday,
mad made his last ascension Inventor Camp
pen had not heard Q word from him or the ship
last night Mr.. Campbell felt very anxious
and looked much worried He said that Hogan
mad undertaken the trip on his own response
putty. The object Of it was 10 show that the
balloon carrying the ship could be raised with
coal gas. Hogan had expected 10 come down
again Immediately after making the expert
ment He went up without his breakfast. The
balloon, after going up very rapidly and losing
the wheel under the car, was last seen going in
the direction of Astoria. Mr.. Campbell has no
idea as 20 where IL could have landed.
Prof. Harry Gilbert, who has made 2Os as
tensions, and who was Donaldson's partner the
year before that famous aeronaut was killed
during trip made from Chicago. called on Mr.
Campbell last night and gave as his opinion
that Hogan had either been killed or badly in
lured. He had found that there were hut
$1,000 feet of gas in the bag and. this he said
would not keep the balloon mp more than eight
hours. he thought il possible that Hogan
was smothered by the gas coming from the
neck OF the bag, which was left
basket portion Of the ship. This theory would
account for his not coming down at once.
Gilbert said that the chances last night were
lOO 70 against Hogans safety and that they
would be 100 TO II he was not heard from To-
day. He knew Hogan, and said he was a good
eronaut
Mrs. Hogan telegraphed from jackson. Miss.,
last night, asking II her husband had been
heard from. He is about forty years OF age,
and has been making ascensions FOR over twenty
years.
Some Of those who saw the balloon sav thst
II travelled toward Coney Island and IL is posi-
bic that 1t went out TO sea and dropped into
the water. Prof. Gilbert saws that II il did
SO II would sink very quickly, the material
used In all balloon bags being such as will sink
with great rapidity. Gilbert, however does
not believe that the air ship could have gone
very far from the coast. the gas condenses
rapidly when the balloon passes over water As
soon AZ the sun sets ballonists find that the gas
contracts quickly in the darkness and Gilbert
uses this argument 10 show that Hogan must
nave come down on Monday afternoon or even
ing.
All sorts Of stories are afioat around about the
air ship. One is that il was seen passing over
toward the Connecticut shore with Hogan
cnnglng 10 the netting. Another has il that the
ar ship dropped into Long Island Sound and
sun another that IL landed at Pittsburg Camp
bell bad no information about any OF these re-
ports last night
Perhaps" he said with little hope. 1.-The
air ship had landed upon Long Island, lar away
from any railroad or telegraph station. Some
OF the people up there don't talk the English
language 30 that you can understand them
Hogan is the kind of a man who would rest
himself day and then let us know where he is.
de did that once at Jackson. Mich. He had an
engagement 70 make an ascension in Canada on
July ls."