The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-25
THE MISSING AlR-SHIP.
Strong Evidence That the Big Campbell
sSalloss1 Has Been Lost Mt Sea, and with
It Prof Hogan. the Noted Michigan
A0rOnauf.

Strong Evidence That the Mig Campbell
Balloon Has Been Lost ut Sea, and with
It Prof Hogan. the Noted Michigan
Aeronauf.
NEW YORK. July ia pilot reports hav-
ing on Tuesday afternoon sighted u balloon
dragging its car along the surface Of the
ocean. lie gave chase, but it sank before he
could reach it, The inference IL that
it was the Campbell air-ship. III which the
aeronaut Hogan made an ascent Tuesday
morning. and which lost its steering APP
paratus and was swept out to sea.
Captain Phclam. OF tho Caprice, the pilot
mentioned. says:
AT about . clock. one hour and a half after
we had first sighted the balloon. when we were
about loo yards from II, the balloon parted
from some heavy object in the water which IL
had been dragg ny along and flew up into the air.
When several hundred feet above the sur
face OF the sea it was caught In the north.
northwest wind and went before 1t east
southeast ~ the rate OF about twenty-five
miles an hous. When we first sighted the
balloon and drew close cr1Sugh to make her
out she was cgg-shaped aud tuggng hard at
what must have been the car. About five
ropes held her 10 the car, VII ch was buried
several feet under water. The balloon was as
Stunning all kinds OF shapes, initiating and col.
lapsing. At the last try it collapsed at the end,
and, assuming the shape OF q pumpkin, arose
in the air. There was nothing hanging to the
ropes Of the balloon.
III Prof Hogan was in the balloon when we
came up with her then he was drowned. We
cruiscd over the spot IN which the balloon and
its car parted. There were no signs or life, no
evidence that human being had found his
death in the water. There were no floating OBJ
jects, every thing was quiet and as calm as a
m ll-pond.'
PROVIDENCE, r. l.. July 19.-At about
o'clock Tuesday evening a big balloon
passed over this city heading in q direc-
tion that would have brought it up over
Buzzard's bay or Vineyard sound in an
hour or two A great many people here be-
licve that the balloon was the missing
Cambcll air-ship as no ascensions are
known to have been made hereabOuts.
Hogan was born ut Ann Arbor thirty-four
years ago. He made his first trip in . hoi-air
balloon, when he was Il, At q circus. In jack
son he worked in planing-m II fourteen years
to get money enough to start. He was always
determined TO BE- an aerocaut and Is totally de-
void Of fear and splendid athlete. In 1881 he
made his first regular ascension In . pal
loon made by himself paying the
gas company slOO to initiate il. He was up two
hours. landing at Stockbridge. twentythree
miles ncrth Of jackson. During the next X
years he made many asccnsions and was re-
markably successful. He has had several ac-
cdcnts, but always escaped, being cool and
fearless At Greenvlle. Mich. four years ago
his iot-air balloon burst when half y mile up.
but he climbed Into the netting. inverted it,
making parachute. and descended safely.
There he conceived the parachute idea
which he has 50 successfully worked dur.
ing the last two years. II was Hogan who sent
Bartholomew around the world with the Chi
Caso hall team lie has made several para
chute jumps this season, and IN answer to
numerous requests by Prof.. Campbell. he went
20 New York two weeks ago To navigate tho
air ship. Hs has . w.fe, mother anu three
brothers in Jackson and they all profess faith
that ed will come out all right from this
great and last trip