New-York tribune., 1897-07-30
HERR ANDREE'S ASCENT.
THE BEGINNING OF HIS BALLOON NohA"H
TO THE NORTH POLE
Berlin correspondcnce London Daily NeW"'


Rer,iu correspondcnce London Daily New.
.orbe morning of July H." says the corresponaenii
Of the 'I.okal- -Anzeger, brought suh1i',, nv, he
6re 6He SKY iMe so. wind Was blowing no;
softly but right freshly and it was gIe'T h crew at
divine service was ehanting Se scarcey re had the
of nwonied activity on board While was naan salI,
ponderns over the ma Of the front side of
The balloon house moment later the plamnS "r, and
Dcrns anT n,v~ oosened Truly this must be IN
earnest hurried with al speed 10 ,h ,.i rh 70 al
emnt the ascent With almost painful exp"c'ax,ui r
the men Were putting iorsn iIasentv appeared on the
snonffoldinu above and shouted his commands 10 ,ie
men through the ens" ens were U already clad their
travelling costun,es-Andree ana oi, nilars Of
dark blue. FrIenkel in a gray suit VIII" 0'
I'm Peak House pair Of trial balloons wer9 hem IN,
IN precsry the desired direction on the beach nr ,ne
crew We're busy laying ont he drasrSPf6 W 40 crnsn rg
6e Ioosened portion of the towers front cv% W prc @
Vailed Vai in every stood Tespg rTy dme ne
ropes by which the balloon WAS hed; .rooi hrS The
halIastba were hung IN narrow CREE orS so wall
the balloon might rise Then when tne Of rhe build
ing ing this circle was still further reduced tho last
Eat last the ashings were eone TWO metres from
the ground helped Srindberg to TX od the ,psv is
apTSe Se 1e cook S Carefully slowed in small bar
rel the dinner which would be the mrs, 10 "o f beer
Sp' op Immediate use The quickly put IN from on
der superfuous balast-bags were ins nlaced in
ther fastenings several of them pelhg -, s;da Of
the car for preliminary From the wes nd T1e BESIDE
the balloon waved the SwedlSh Win blue anchor
the harpy conceived. and IL may pe nnder the
m da vas fastened diagonaily bamboo to whien
sails like wings were attacheu oii nnulate these
SHORTY before 23O Andrec was quite rfa1y der n
,,ol,.,l NO hd
sne in the balloon house and nodding to sae a
astonhed appers who no, sUoH words Of thanks to all
hose whose hands he could not reaEn S"s sii1r5
their naby yraenke to ra aSd rndbcrg also took their
leave Strndberg appeared to be deeply yrsecd mo. ali
Indeed the 5S1emnd ben hSdte p 's called aloud Fraenk
srlndberg Standing IN me car drhe rn cnunting one
no ' three At three the last cord binding them 10
the floor of the tower fell away rectv d ihrongh
lssuca3S can3 nnrthern portion of its former dwelling
Andrte gazed with happy confidence on ON nonrades
52nr their caps cried Greetings ;I at home
to sweden. Those who had nsbo phoOsf"p"'s "'
pRunnng to the Shore we all saw ,a the be
floating SOM onnt Of intense anxiety followed, for
he balloon was driving right on 10 Jes waaranbure
nence oi d threatened TO collide with IT, suddenly;
Swnver a gust Of wind coming through @ te ~ sna
from the direction ard struck 1t so strong
~ T., hove that for some seconds me car va S discnv
aIohs bn1 @ The three dragropes from whose assS, as ~
ance Andrde had hoped so m1Sn Sn 1ay he ring must
beach oep Ioosened at the moment OF the ssceni
Bu how that possible VII df 1eror ropes @ with them
a. a. hnast the loss OF the three lines VII % browr
| ever. be rreparahe Meah"h'e' ''''
out few minutes only had parsed since the d e ih
exactly 235 at which the SIN exactly az Andree
ba,ooH over the fat peninsula enG
towre wreerenbmrg sound southwesteTiy ar th.
Caught it again and appsrehn,s h With shaded eyes We
coud san few yaTTds Ts G0H at last tn once
point anu LIN p If was precisely o'clock Whrh 'h'
directly hhos,nrnnnoeared 40, on the northern HORIZON