The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-22
UP AMONG THE CLOUDS.
AERONAUT PERRY DROPS 5000
FEET IN THE AIR

A Swift Ride from Concordls Park
skyward-The FISK Balloon Ascen-
sion Witnessed by Crowds Of People
The Parachute's Descent-An Old
Nezro's Idea OF Balloon
Psrry's Balloon Experience.
The crowd that went out 20 C)ncordia
park yesterday afternoon tol witness the
balloon ascension was not disappointed.
The balloon went up, and with it Bal.
loonist w. K. Perry Toe asronaut was at
home ia the parachute that aoa;sd along
gracefully in wake OF the big air ship,
Ths ascension was made at $50 O'Clock.
Long before that hour every stand and
available place in the PARK on which TO
stand was taken. Fully 5000 people went
out. It required about thirty minutes after
fire was put into the furnace to initiate tue
big vessel Barrel slaves, we'll saturated
with coal oil, Kerosene and gasoline, were
ussd as fuel
INITIATING THE BIO BAG.
The balloon was put up GA q narrow
strip Of land south of the park. The fur
mace was erected to the west OF the balloon.
Manager Fisk said that tbs weather coull
not have besn more propitious. The brisk
wind that blew in the forenoon subsidized 10
the afternoon and the sun was partially
hidden under clouds. 1t was hardly posi-
bic, SURF u lded by these circ instances, 70
make failure. Toe interest Of the crowd
Jagged after an Inspection Of the great,
gawky fabric OF the balloon, until the mia
ii II began. AS the gas assembled into It
the " nd swayei it 10 aud fro lie an i'm
men,e bubble More than once it seemed
as If it would break loose from those holl-
ing it, bus strong guy ropes were fastened
to posts, or we're held by strong men, and it
was next to impossible for the balloon to
&c. ous Of place. Gradually. as the gas
ascsndsd into it, tns balloon assumed
shape.
THE AERoYAUr STEPS IN.
Before the last cup Of gasoline was poured
into the Furnaces tue parachute was attached
and the asronaut took his posi- ion INSIDE OF
il. Wan Manager Fisk gave
the word the rigging was
removed AMI :hs balloon was vested Of all
its paraphernalis exceat parachute ropes.
LET Ter gow shouted tue manager, a I'd
the crowd q lcSly released its holl on tbs
ropes The balloon reel Il and cleared the
furnace hole AMI cloud of black smoke
shot out of is BOZ tom. 1t seemed to steady
itself AMI regain its footing and m )nelt
la er it grac fully &sceldsd, swinging the
parachute into position behind it. The
breat lie ,snsss of the crowd was marked.
Higher aad higher the balloon went, drift
ing to the eastward. Ths ae-onaus waysi
to the ground when hs was fixed in his
parachute, and cheer after cheer went after
him.
AFLY IN THE AIR
The balloon drlftsd seven MINUTES, and
the aeronaut l0okei like fy in q basket.
n t a sign OF smoke vas e uitted and the
ascension couli not have be a mora per-
feet success. When the balloon WAS about
5000 feet from the ground. ami just
aeronaut slipped out the parachute pin
and a iother feature Of the show was ~
acted The parachute dropped few feet
ami q slight oscillatio folio we'd. 1t spread
is wings. then, and desce del as graceful
as 1t had assembled. Three minutei later
the aeronaut swung down in an open field
o. J. Weii'I farm, Yearly two miles from
the point Of the ascension.
Messrs. Lar Jche AMI Nc uaughlin fol-
lowed the curse Of The alooI II their
buggy, AMI wnen the aeron tut mads his
descent they were close 9 on ID to PICK him
up and bri x him back to town. 1t was
tDe first juno from a parachute ever
witnessed III Savannah, and it was prob
ablj the be free SLOW ever seen here. 1t
WAS seel from all over the city.
OVER 200 SKY TRIPS.
Ae-onaut Perry is Mississippian and
claims to be tie only southern ma nat is
an aeronaut. He is 80 years old, well de-
vel ped and Of good physique. He
made his first ascsns.oa at tas
aga OF 81 years at Nashville,
Oct %, 1871. He has Travelled over every
sac III the union aud has made er 100
asce lsions. In 1879, at r )ckport. Ky., the
ira jezs upon wien ne wen5 40 broke, a I'd
Perry fell t. the grou ID, dis .auce Of over
eigh y feet, brelkiug Lex a I'd three ribs.
A. Albany, Ga, last month, in descending
in the parachute, the cor Is exte lding from
the top Of tie parac .u.e and fastening to a
belt arou ID his vase we're strained aud
tore the belt in two. He got en-
on the telegr p1 wires, slightly
hurting his arms and legs.
Ma lager 1. N. Fisk is an old aero laut,
having besh the Jusi ess sincs 1872, and
in his la guage, "las as many trenches
owe the cOu TRY as any OF !sr aer matt in
itn lie conceived tho idea of the CO l.tru =
ton of the parachute which hs uses now.
He c, aims tnat it is tue only one of the kind
in use. He claims tnat it will not oscillate
like tne average parach tie.
LIKELY TO BE JERKED TO PIECES.
The great dra y back to aim )st all para
chutes 3 at their oscillations are SO great
LldJ OLJ6 iJifHSS bub1 QAsn Jue hoTOnauL 10
pieces Def lrs taking the breszs steadily
Fsk's parachute mas opening in the top
a lowing the air which collsc. cd on tie
ascent TO escape gradually on the decent,
breaking the oscillations. In leaving the
gr d, the weight Of the a3ron ut is up)d
the hoop VIII ca is suspsnde in this can .er
OF the pa achute. When the parachute is
cut 10 ise from tbs ballo IN tle hoop expands
80 that it i'm media ely takes tbs air and.
fling, tran,fe the weight from tbs inter
noop, CA ects1 WITH the top of the para
chute, to the 70 es attac led to the GU or
edge of the parachute.
Toe first exhibition Of Fisk's parachute was
given 10 a nu nber OF new 5papsr men at
Gal1sburg, H. about two years ago, aid
it MAS re uarka lie success. Perry has
been with Manager Fisk since Ju ie, 1883,
and the manager SAID tnat be considers him
the best aerpnaut In the country. The bal
loon is 6Jxl50 feet. 1t landed a
short distance oack OF Ambos' place at
Thunderbol A crowd Of negroes was at
work near by, d one OF the II looking up,
saw the SIN king balloon dropping do IN
toward I'M and took to the u,hes as fast
as his legs would cary him. Ano ;1er old
negro whO had see BALBOA, before, yelled
after him, "Cum back yere Niger. lie
s en dem tings long afors de wah. Oats er
salooI.h
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