Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-24
THE MISSING AlR.SHlP.

etrohg Evidence That the Big Campbel]
BALLOON Has Been Lost at Sea, and will,
IL A'rof Hogan, tho Noted MICHIGAN
Aeronaut
NE" YORK, July ia pilot reports hav-
ing on Tuesday afternoon sighted balloon
dragging Its car along the surface OF the
ocean. lie gave chase but it sank before he
cou1u reach It, The inference is that
~ was tho Campbell air-ship, in which the
actohauC Hogan made an ascent Tuesday
morning, and which lost it's steering m.
para1ns and was swept out to sen.
captain Phelan, OF the Caprice, the pilot
mentioned. says:
Az ABOUT o'clock, one hour and half otter
we had ilrst sighted the balloon, when wc wora
ABOUT lOo yards from it, tho balloon parted
from some heavy object in the water which e
u" ooeh dragg ng along and flow up In 20 the air
" "oh several hundred feet above the sur
1ace OF Inc sea 1t was caught In the north-
northwest wind and went before II o,s1.
soulheast at the rate Of about TWENTY-FIVE
miles IN hour When VIC first sighted the
Daloon and drew close enough to make her
OUT she was egg shaped and Juggling hard at
"hat must have been the car About five
ropes held her to the car, which was buried
several 1oct under water. The balloon was as
Stunning all kinds OF shapes, initiating ard col.
laps!ng At the last try it collapsed at the end
and, assuming the shape OF pumpkin. arose
In the air. There was nothing hanging to the
ropes of the balloon.
III Prof Hogan was in the balloon when wa
came up with her thon he was drowned. We
crulsed over tho spot in which tho balloon and
us car parted. There Were no signs OF life, no
evidence that u human being had found his
death In the water. There were no floating OBJ
jects, every thing was quiet and US calm as a
mill-pond."
PROVIDENCE, r. L, July 19.-At about 7
O'Clock Tuesday evening a big balloon
passed over this city heading in a direc-
tion that would have brought it up over
BuZzard's bay or Vineyard sound in an
hour or two great many-peopIe here be-
neVe that the balloon was the missing
CamDell a1r-sh1p, as no ascensions are
known to have been made hereabouts.
lliogan was born ut Ann Arbor thirty-four
years ago. He made his first trip in a hot-air
balloon, when he Was H. ut q circus. In Jack.
son he worked in planlng.m II fourteen years
70 got money enough to start. He was always
determined TO be an aeronaut 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 tho
gas company Sl0O to initiate 1t. He was up two
hours, landing ut Stockbr!dge. twenty-three
miles north OF Jackson. During the next SIX
years ne made many ascensions and was re.
marknbly successful. He has had several &C.
dents, but Always escaped, being cool and
fearless. At Greenville, Mich, four years ago
his hot-air balloon burst when half q mile up,
but he climbed Into the netting, inverted it.
making parachute. and descended safely.
There he conceived the parachute idea
which he has so successfully worked dur
Ing the last two years. 1t was Hogan who sent
bartholomew around the world with the Chi.
cago ball team. He has made several para
chute jumps this season. and in answer to
numerous requests by Prot. Campbell, he went
10 New York two weeks ago to navigate tho
Dir ship. He has wife, mother and three
brothers in Jackson. and they oil profess faith
that Ed will come out oil right from this
great and last trip.]