The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-10-20
IN A CYCLONE HIGH in AIR.
Balloonist Ada Mitchell Relates Her Er
perlence in a Recent Trip,

oAIlOOutSI Aud MlIcneu RELATES Her I'VE
perience In u Recent Trip.
RUTLAND, VT, Oct. 16.-Ada Mitch-
ell, who made u balloon ascension from
the exhibition grounds in this city on
Wednesday, has returned. She alighted
on Rochester mountain, twenty-six
miles distant, after q most successful,
remarkable and perilous voyage. The
wind was blowing a gale when the as
cension was made. Miss Mitchell has
given a description of her experience
since her return. 1.-The wind was
blowing almost a gale,'' she
said, ''when l was preparing to
start. The balloon pitched consider
ably. and it wa with difficulty that [
got fairly off. 1 had no sooner left the
ground than l discovered thai two Of
my bags of ballast, we Ching twenty
five pounds each, had slipped from tho
basket underneath my feet, so that
only n bag remained. The ballast
had hardly left the basket when the
balloon shot upward and off to the
north with "a marvellous speed, that in
creased every moment as l got into the
higher mir current.
"AS ncared the clouds I took out
OF my pocket an aerial barometer and
found that l was 1000 feet above the
sea. l had no sooner entered the
clouds than the car began to toss and
lnrch frighttully in the cross currents.
The wind seemed to blow from several
directions at once. Suddenly l was in
the midst of a whirlwind of great vio-
lence. The balloon turned first one
way and then another. 1t pitched and
swaved systematically until i thought l
should lose my hold upon the ring
around my waist or step from the
bonrd upon which | was standing.
~ do not know how long l was in
the cyclone. 1t was not more than u
few seconds, probably, but it seemed
IN age. Suddenly again n blast struck
the top of the ship, keeling it over SO
quickly tina ] almost lost my hold on
the ring. Then it lurched upward SO
suddenly that the last bag of ballast
was pitched overheard. AS the bag
left the basket the balloon, with 125
pounds less ballast than it should have
had, sho upward with the rapidity of
lightning, and in a few seconds | was
quietly but rapidly sailing through u
clear atmosphere with the bright sun
shine about me.
az sooA Us i WIS OuL Oh tTC CLOUDS
l took out my barometer again and
found l was at an altitude of s, 1000 feet,
or of more than n mile and II half. l
continued to sail steadily for about a
minute, when l struck Il current of air
moving in u %northerly direction. linz
mediately the speed increased again,
but there vas no f%luctnating move
mcnt in the lag above my head. 1t
was simply another swift flight to-
ward the north. In spite Of the fact
that the wind was so strong be-
hind me, it seemed as il a gale was
blowing inzmy face. Having now
passed to n considerable distance be-
yond the section of the clouds through
which | had assembled, l began to think
of coming down. Accordingly | pulled
the rope connected with the escape
valvc and o began to descend rap
idly, and at the same time continuing
in a northerly direction. | threw out
my anchor which caught in something,
and moment later l found myself in
the top of a large spruce tree. The
landing was made on one of the most
desolato heights of the Green mountain
range"