The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1893-11-13
OVER BALTIC IN A BALLOON, =
Scientist Andrse Was Given Up for Lost,
but Landed Safely in
Finland.

S. A. Andree, Chief Engineer in the
Royal Patent Department in Stockholm,
has been making balloon ascensions
alone, for scientific purposes, at the ex-
pense of Swedens capital.
He started on one of these aerial ex-
plorations oct. 10, at 7.45 o'clock in the
evening, little thinking he was about to
perform feat never before accom-
plished-sailing across the Baltic in an
airship His balloon was new and made
for him in France. Expecting to be up
but few hours, he took only "A couple
of sandwiches and bottle of wine for
lunch. He had, besides, a valuable set
OF instruments and eleven bags of sand
for ballast.
AS he was missed the next morning,
fears We're felt for his safety. and when
later news from the coast told, as the
cable reported. that he had been seen
drifting over the sea he was generally
given up as lost, for he had taken no
Dagens .Nyheter, the leading news
paper in. Sweden, straightway sent a
steamer in search Of Andree, but such
turn back after going out a few miles.
The storm made it still less likely that
Andree could have escaped death.
The Swedish Government, however,
telegraphed to Finland. asking that the
| coast there be searched. For two days
nothing was heard of Andree. except that
the bark kalewa had sighted the balloon
near a group OF islands in the middle of
| the Baltic.
A telegram was received on the night
| Of Oct. q from Andree himself, which
read:
LANDED Thursday night on a deserted
island on the coast of Finland. Balloon
and instruments probably lost forever;
journal saved; myself unhurt except
| some bruises"
He had thus sailed across in less than
twelve hours, and, as has been learned
since, he spent the night on a cliff
| where he was. Next morning he found
! himself on a bare island. three-Quarters
| by a half mile, about fifteen miles from
| in sight.
At about Il o'clock fisherman hap
| pened to pass. Andree succeeded In at
tracing his attention and was taken
He was still moro than twenty
miles from the nearest, telegraph
sent a message t did not arrive in
Stockholm, until late on Saturday night
The balloon was found later by a
steamer sent out for the purpose. 1t
struments had Jared badly.
In giving an account Of his adventure, after
returning home, he said:
was fur above the clouds. could not
Judge how fast ! was sailing When about
three hours had elapsed began to feel the in
tense cold and started to descend Judge OF my
myself sailing over the Baltic. All could do
was TO try to reach Finland
- suddenly saw Il steamer beneath racing
after me- put out one of my anchors, but
ccSNtUl descent determined to continue my
| voyage Later in the day spoke the Kalcwn,
was carving me straight towards Finland ut
! a slccd OF about fourteen miles an hour, The
balloon kept al out twenty metres from the sur
face. Soon darkness came on. could not
had nm IN Nfu in l..l
loon, trusting that everything would go we'll.
.. suddenly spicd light, and made mmc
dat" preparations to descend. The storm wa,
furious. dropped the anchor and, seeing
myself near the ground, jumped out. The
balloon shot up again before ] could grasp the
Tnr"S found myself on barren cliff. The
| night saw must have been on n ship. Nothing
| was lett for me but 10 wait for day and rescue
I" At II o clock in the morning fishing
snack happened to pass and | succeeded in
another island and was brought TO me,
Mr.. Andree is one OF the most dis
tlngutshed engineers in Sweden and
which he has paid several visits, One
Of the first was when he, then n push
ing young man, came TO study the
Worlds Fair in Philadelphia.
He one day heard an official announce
that young men who wanted to study
the Exposition cheap could do so by
helping clean and sweep between 6 and
10 o'clock in the, morning. For theil
trouble they would be admitted free tC
the Exposition. The Intelligent younp
Swede did not feel above this work. al
though he had come over only TO study
so he accepted IN" offered broom anG
in the carly morning hours might have
been seen sweeping In the Machinery
the most ardent students, and at nigh
he generally associated with men of hi
profession in tn" Engineers club. Re
turning to Sweden he soon showed tina
he had profited much by his visit to tn
! United States.
In political life he is very prominent
He Is trying to carry through idea
which he imbibed in this country.
O Stole n Plush Sack.