Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-23

= boroouat IS 95 feet high. 70 feet
Of tbo sa and 81 feet at the neck.
sr,o houois filed with heated air. The
eeronatItsrde from 1909 to 5000
feet and from 80 to go feet before
,bo'r 'chl IN out. While the drop
1oots exlcly dangerous. Mr.. Crew
80 tber no danger i'm it beyond the
or thahe sudden jerk, when the
,cr,,to ii will break the acronauts
nod ON ropes. The sensations, until
bsbi. baalod tho experience, Mr. Crew
6esoribe,s being similar TO those
~ mn be imagined would result
90 nj shot out of a cannon.
Rehabilitation is followed by a
,,s,,,.st feeling, the breath comes in
80 Sc is almost impossible 10
omen oeyes.
MosfIRILLlNG EXPERIENCE
7. ,Ibe expected that eieht years
.ae,t navigating the air thou
,dsfeet from terra frma would
live OF many thrilling eXpe-
n hairbroadth escapes. In this
I lr Crew has been unusually
SSetf He cannot, of course, pre-
-. j. landing places, and has been
e1 trees. dropped on slanting
III into the middle of rivers. He
roundly abused for intruding
ID gardens, and has been forced
-, a large proportion of his earn
III repairing damage that he has
~ various ways IN his descents.
vf WV says that ne had his most
- experience in Lincoln, H., last
her. lie had been engaged 10
Ga ascent at a picnic given by one
q" fratcrDal societies Of the city. n
-Ff limo ne.
Uoon. which was being inflated.
I was TO jump with a very small
mute. which measured only eighteen
I'm diameter. The boys were run
to and fro on the ground, lodging
kemcn and the balloon managers.
4 parachute was spread upon the
fnl. The aeronaut had hold Of the
feze with a strong rope tied around
body and fastened to the trapeze
Just as he gave the word TO re-
lie the balloon some mischievous
L. pushed one Of their number upon
X parachute Before he could eXtricate
inself the balloon and its attachment
4 re clear OF the ground. The boy was
ANGLING I'm the ropes. head downward
S face white and speecnless from ter
br. lie clutched the ropes in obedience
10 Crews instructions, and gradually
aided as far as the hoop over tho trapeze
when the aeronaut grasped him. The
,aIloon rose TO a height of 900 feet, ana
he expedition lasted about ten minutes
rom the start until Crew and the boy
anded. Ii seemed an hour to both, for
he aeronaut was using a much smaller
,arachute than customary. and while
ascending was calculating how he should
,ome down with the Increased weight.
BOTH LANDED IN SAFETY.
His only fears at the start were that
he boy might pull the roUe which would
lisconnect them from the balloon, and
lash both OF them 10 death before The
parachute could spread and perform its
work. The two stayed with the balloon
rs long as they could, and when they
anded did so with much more force than
expected. the boy alighting on the aero
laUts head Both were stunned. but
soon recovered, and were none the worse
or their narrowing experience.
Mr.. Crew Is much enamored Of his
strange profession. lie rejOices in the
title Of professor" and
has contracts which VIII keep him busy
or months to come. The profession is
,ppareatly one OF the few that are not
,vercrowded, and. of course, there is
Always room az the top.