Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-02-11

At the height 81 $50 feet another current
hurled IL directly upon the tower There
was a crash as the electric light globe
smashed. The aeronaut found herself for
moment tangled in nm electric light
burner When she succeeded in extricat-
Ing herself she was hanging by her hands
She hung there in mid air second and
then loosoned her hold and fell
When they reached her she was still
breathing, but in a. few seconds all was
over. The rest may he left To the imagina.
ton. She was but twenty two years old,
native Of Germany, and her true name
was Margaret Clausen. The saddest feat
ure OF the ease is that her parents arrived
ut Detroit that evening To visit her. whom
they had not seen for three years. They
found only her mnngled corpse and weep
lug sister.
The spirit OF aeronauts is necessarily
that of extreme daring, and the record OF
tragedies among them is appalling. The
singular fact Is, however, that the earliest
Reronauts were most successful In landing,
and as late as 1870 historian OF the art as
serted that down to that time only twenty
five persons had lost their lives in balloon
accidents Certainly twice that many
have since been killed
The first balloon of which we have a GER
tain record was sent up by Stephen and
Joseph Montgoliler, June >, 1888 They
used hot air. Only five months later Pi-
latre de Rozier and the Marquis d. Arlan.
dies made the first ascent rising 5000 feet.
| The world went wild over il, and before
the close of 1874 nearly 100 ascents were
made. The next year Blanchard, the
greatest hHlloonist of the age, with DIR.
John Jeffries, OF Boston, crossed over the
Il. a -. q. a
after occurred the first accident. Pilatre
de Roz.er and Romaino Laine tried to
cruss the channel by a combination Of by
drogen gas and hot air. Their "Montgol
fiere. as Ii was called, or heater To sup
ply the hot air ns fast ns Il was exhausted,
set the gas en fire and they fell 5000 feet.
striking on IA rark on the French cost
Blanchard died ia 1850 and his wife, who
bad often assembled with him. made many
daring aScents alone At length In 1879
she attempted Ia 80 up from the TiNoli
garden Ia Paris with fireworks exploding
below the car as she arose. The wind car.
ried the fire into the globe; IL exploded AMI
the brave lady was dashed Ia pieces ON "a
housetop. Green, the eminent English
aerunaut, made 4a0 ascents In thirty six
years aud fell into he sea twice. Mr.. John
Wise. the American aeronaui, passed from
st. Louis to Henderson, y. VI $50 miles
lin little over nineteen hours, or very
nearly mile per minute. In 1904 Gay
l.ussac outdid all his predecessors by rising
Is. 600 feet, and little later reached %, GOO
feet. but ia 1852 Messrs. Glaisher and Cox
we'll, for the Royal society, outdId all be
fore and after them by rising 81 600 feet or
seven miles above the earth. Birds thrown
out OF the car fell like stones, and must
have gone down nearly six miles before
reaching a sustaining atmosphere.
In 1860 Mr.. Thurston was carried up
from Adrian, Mich, while holding TO the
ropes Of balloon, and what was thought
to be bis skeleton was afterward found in
the northern woods. Since the parachute
descent and the tTapeze have been added
the accidents have been very numerous,
yet the number who will venture increases
rapidly There Is "A wild fascination. The
case Of Grimwood. the Chicago journalist
who WIS lost with Professor Donaldson, Is
still fresh IN the public memory. Pretty
and daring Gertie Carmo is but the last OF
many. the brave and the rash who have
found drfsh In the air
There is no department. Of British mer-
camille industry which has developed
with such marvellous rapidity as the pc
troleum trade. Since its beginning IN
1859, when the total importations were
about 2.000, 600 gallons, il has increased
| hx I.afsa anil bsaunHa until IN 1890 tha