Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-06-27
4 FEMININE AsaoNAur's Neave.
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Fully l.210 persons assembled at Jack
son Mound park Yesterday afternoon to
witness the balloon ascension aud para
chut, lnmp T., Miss il.ssa Garrett Miss
Garrett Is a small but compact and We'll
knit woman. and ol light weight. aud
this fact. as Il proved later. saved her
from frighlful fate
Al ; o'clock the monster balloon was
fully inflated, and the eager throng of
sights.ers nlountcd benches aud Tables
Ia get gosi view ot the start The
ropes were released at given siglial
Professor Robinson cried All readv,'
and up shot the aerial ship. with its oc.
cupaut hanging To- the trapeze har Up
went the hail,'an till the aer,taut caul,l
hardly he distinguished. aud a husi, set
tied on the croWd l.elow AZ the awful
consequence OF u fall from that dizzy
height presented itself Ia their minds
MANY "i th',>e present had opera and
field gla~ses through which they viewed
every movement of the ball,shn and lis
occupant
4 height af fully i.aO0 feet was at
length attained and the ball,on com
mencrd to slnWl, descend, aud still Miss
Garrett did not make the heap She was
seen Ia attrmpt to pub the parachute
toward her hat on,eihing was evidently
wrong ~ the haiioun descended tl,.
parachute expanded and when al,oul
1000 feet from terra iiraia Miss Garrett
let 90 Qf the bar ct the balloon aud Ia
trusted herself Ia the parachute. The
latter, however, did not det',ch it.elf
from the t,ailoon. aud the two continued
SLOWLY to descend \ few were heard
Ia remark hen they SAW the appatrnil,
T..-y and safe descent that II Was done
Il, ,r..,,.,ss.,igemcnt. and that the aero
nan, IuI M. ,..,ad Ia make the jump
when she made tt., as,s.A.
Such people and the erown ''''''' ''''
were not aware that Miss Garreh W.,
bv very reason of the pIracilie not de-
taehing Itself IN most deadly peril OF
being dashed ia atoms Professor Rol,
inson knew Il. and hi, cheek bls,nched
a he awaited the threatened catastrophe
Mr. j. j Hogan was aware of il. aad
went into the 'pkpt office 10 avoid SCI.
ing what he thought Was inevitahle. Sa
also did few others who knew enough
of the relation the parachute bore 10 the
balloon To he aware of what result might
bc expected
The parachute is fastened with cord
TO the side ui the balloon In one place
the cord j. almost cut IA two. and when
. A.
the parachute tie cord i broken at the
weak spot and the parachute is freed
In Yesterday ascension - cord became
twisted. thua giving il daIhIe strength.
and when Miss Garrett swung out on the
parachute the jerk was Insufficient 10
part the line Il MAS AZ this luncturc
that the danger Ms most imminent
The cprd bein- attached 10 tire side Of
the balloon the weight on il caused IL to
careen. and "A pull Of smoke was seen 10
issue from it Ii turned half over. hut
no further Had IL turned a few feel
further. hal the lady weight been few
pounds greater, il would have capsized
IL was Immediately over the para.
chute. had il earsizcd il would have col.
hahaa - N'1i-iit W s1Nh
would have come down on the para.
chute, and iu few seconds later Mis-.
Garrett would hage becn dashed 10 the
earth The danger WAS NOT over till tn,
balloonlst VII. IN jumping distance oi
the ground, but she made the descent in
perfect safety about mile south of the
park.
Miss Garrett fully understood her aw
fnl position as size hung suspended in
midair uncertain al what moment she
would he dashed 10 pieces. but she is
true grit, and never taltered She knew
that all she could do was Ia hang ON and
hope for The tsst. aud she hung on and
was saved whore weaker woman :
heart would have failed her and she
would have fainted and met an awful
death. Memphis Avalanche.