Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-10-17
DROPPING 10000 FEET.
A eALLookIsT's DARING LEAP WITH
A BIG PARACHUTE.

Michigan Man Beats the h@corn
"In the Interests OF scienes"-Faii-
Ing Like = Meteor-safe Terra
Firma.
alt is claimed by the balloonist, Baldwin,
that he has dropped 900 feet from balloon
with a parachute | shall drop at least 4
iO.Oo0 feet, and shall attempt what no other
talloonist ever did ! shall drop with the
chute clorsed. leaving IL entirely To the air TO 4
open the chute"
10 said Edward D. Hogan to a group Of
newspaper men, who assembled one morning
not long ago on = large vacant lot northwest
Of town 10 sse him make his foolhardy
venture. Hogan is a local aeronaut He
was for fourteen years employed in plan
ing mill here, and only during the last four
wears has devoted himself to ballooning an
profession. Ho has studied the subject thor
oughly, however, for many years, having
from childhood taken the keenest interest
and delight In the science Of sailing air ships
He rugged up workshop at his home, and
there he spent every spare moment expert
nlenting In the constructing OF balloons, and
on every possible occasion had made an
ascension, frequently going up TO consider
able heights
TIE PARACHUTE
!
irg 10 do ANYTHING unless can beat all pre-
vious records and tail further than any living
man A few hundred feet less or few hun
dresl feet more will count nothing for me- !
must at least double the Distance
lie reIsatssi this talk when getting his
car ready aud at g:5 the balloon assembled
As the balloon left the earth one Of the guy
ropes holding the chute broke
TO describe this particular chute il is
only necessary To imagine a white globe
twenty feet in diameter, cut through the
center. la this way you have two parachutes,
the professor only having one. IL contained
100 wards of stout cloth II Is mol unlike
mammoth umbrella without Il stick, the
brnres being flexible cords running down
twenty i've feet and fastening to an iron
ring two feet in diameter The other cords
all run clear up to the seams Of the CHUTE,
80 thsy cannot give way This parachute
was fastened to the outside Of the hot air hal
lnon in a perpendicular form 10y cord
when the balloon was at the proper height
the professor intended 10 take hold OF the
iron ring swing clear from the balloon, de
pend ON the air To initiate the chute, ana
! TAX. his chances Of reaching terra firma IN
safety The balloon was inflated by 6O,OOO
feet 81 hot air. balloon, parachute and APP
pnratus for Initiating the balloon all being OF
Mr. Hognns own manufacture. As he
stepped IN the car and gave orders Tor the
ropes holding the balloon TO the ground to
te cast OH. the professor said 10 the CORE
spondcnt. who took what the latter believed
to be- final leave OF II daring and reckless
man
NV balloon ought 20 take me up two
: miles al least The parachute won't initiate
inside of SOO feet from the time leave the
! balloon. This distanc" will occupy three
: seconds, after that expect to come down all
= rirht inside Of one minute and thirty seconds
let her GO"
\ Al the word the .opes were cut and the
+ monster went shilling upward
. The chute, guy has broken" cried Hogan
q instantly "Tll have 10 come down and
y start over A. soon as possible Hogan de
, Seconded. "Tn 60 up again IN an hour" hi
}, said
Il THE SECOND TRIAL
$ The second tria was a success. The tal
a. loon shot al, almost straight 10 a distance q
6 fully 1000 feet II then settled about ~
feet and hung like IA ball in the heavens Tn
" anxious and excited crowd Of people ON tn
NJ ground watched the balloon with bates
~ breath The reporters were provided wit
ld powerful glasses. and saw Hogan make read
~ 10 iump
III ''Hsll weaken, said some one.
~. "No,r cried another, 'he is getting OUT
X. The chute was closed. Hogan drew II u
nj till he reached the ropes TO which he lashe
in himself He did not expect the chute to oIe
for the first 2OU or 30 feet, aud he was afrai
IN lac might lie shaken oil the bar by the rapIdit
Ia of tue fall unless he took the precauiion
,is tnsteu himself When he stepped On the edp
ie. of the cur to spring of into space some of Il
in spectators grew pale aud sick Surely th
lsi daring nlnn was going 10 certain death.
Is A shout Of terror goes up Hogan b
IN hmfed Down like cannon ball he fell 4
lir 5DO f,set The chute has not yet opene
ice Down II came like gigantic elongated hir
IN He was falling like a meteor, and the spcct
eli tors smut their eyes while still keeping the
IA erlnss.s, elevated suddenly shout goes u
ri The chute has caught the air 1t opens Ill
he the wings 81 monster eagle Hogans Zig
1t. downward was almost stopped with ier
rit Then the chute settles down 10 a steai
,on Journey earthward with its passenger, al
i III thr,o minutes from the time the reckl'
or man lett the hallOon ne landed safely in
ess open iieid some little distance from whe
tu- the ascent was made
NJ. Correspondent was almost the first To era
ast the hand of the aeronaut
icb II lost my breath" said he, when | 81
,rts down 81 fast but caught II again after
An time Ii was great jump wasn't "
,aI- Professor Hogan was smeared With SIM
at lie had never seen a man jump with a chu
Sas lie was much disappointed at the slow III
4, made, expecting Ia come down Ia ninety )
airs onds. The chute was twenty ieet IA diaiiiet
the Oscillation was suardei against 10y means
A "a four inch hole IN the apex lie ov
.en whelmed with congratulations and was gu
irb the hero 1T the hour jackson lMioh.l Z
s.Ii Globe Democrat
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