The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-27

90 than one Of StreAtor's popular young
women to whom Prof. Thayer was soon to
have been married.
The city OF Streator furnished another
balloon sensation this season Nine. Car
mon. . professional aeronaut. had a mar
row escape from death In q burning bal
Icon there early In July. Gasoline was used
to hasten the imitation. and tho flames
ignited the balloon. Some excited spec
tators shouted to let 90. and tho workmen
dropped the guy rope. Nine Cannon. in
her ballet costume, was carried heaven
ward with the burning balloon. She be-
came entangied In the ropes and was car
ried up head downward. like q flying ira
peSs PERFORMER. Thousands OF onlookers
witnessed her peEilous ascent. poweriess
to help her. Soon the nrc burned hole
in the balloon. allowing the gas to escape.
ana thus caused a speedy descent The
balloon found landing on houstop and
the madame escaped with few bruises.
Fell Among the Crowd.
w. A. Ward, Sioux City aeronaut. was
equally lucky. He made an ascension at
Lakeview, Ia. July s. before a crowd OF
5000 people and when at height OF more
than $50 feet his parachute tore loose. but
did not open. and he fell to the ground In
the midst Of the crowd. causing . whirl-
wind Of excitement To the great surprise
OF the doctors who examined him he did
not receive fatal injuries.
At Kansas City earlier IN the season.
Howard Twise. son Of a former mayor OF
that town. borrowed a balloon and attempt
cd an ascension and parachute Jump for
the entertainment OF his friends. II was at
Chelsea park. suburban resort on the
Kansas side Of the line. He assembled, as
II appeared to the spectators fully 500 feet
when the balloon was caught In a sudden
blast OF wind and capsixed. The parachute
failed to do it, duty, and young Twiss the
balloon and the parachute all came tumb-
ling to the earth In heap together. Luck
| lily. the young amateur aeronaut and his
trappings fell irst into the branches OF a
big tree. Then through the thick foliage
Twias came tumblirg to tho ground the
| force Of his fall much broken. He was
picked up unconscious and carried 20 a
/ hospital. The surgeons found several
bones broken. but said he would recover. II
| was. however. regarded a. nothing short
! or miracle that ono should fall 800 feet
and stli live. II il thought that Twiss
will not try ballooning again. He has rea-
son to believe that once was enough for
him.
An unexpected balloon ride carried Eu-
gene Mccarthy. 4 Vermont farmer. 10 a
I height Of 1900 feet and. strange TO say, he
returned TO earth, not a corpse, but the
same rugged Green Mountain boy This
sensational voyage was made at the Mad
River Valley Fair In September 1897. In a
! hot air balloon. While assisting I'm the pre-
| iiminaries for an ascension 10 he made by
| young woman In tights. Mccarthy got
! tangled In the car ropes was made n
| prisoner by accident. and no shot into the
| air far above the bare top OF Bald noun
tain. More than 2."o men. women and
children witnessed the remarkable flight. In
the nrst confusion OF the start upward the
| spectators did not recognize Mccarthy in
4 tn ha
rigging dangling below tho big canvas bag
and naturally thought. as everything went
| UP noAelessly. that his presence there was
an unaeverused part OF tho programme
What made the double ascension still
| more interesting TO them was the every
| day appearance OF the man. He was
dressed. not IN stage ballet costume like
the woman. but IN modest farm clothes
| Therefore the crowd sent up rousIng
| cheer To tho balloon. In answer the
/ young woman. who rested comfortably
| or the trapeze bar. bowed and threw
kisses to hcr admirers As for the other
/ performer. the man I'm shirt sleeves. he
seemed frightened. He neither bowed
nor waved hts hand. but held on tight
| and took no notice OF the spectators
| They watched him rise 20 height of
| ?,5no feet. where like his companion. he
| was merely dot at the end Of a thread
AZ this point the young woman said
| Eood-by TO MCCARTHY and took her para
| chute Jump downward. He naturally
preferred her company m that lonely re-
| g,on. but with true Green Mountain grit
he held on to the ropes and patiently
awaited Developments
How Mccarthy Landed.
Freed os the weigh, ~ the ssri and para
| chute. which dropped toward the fair
| yrounSA Mccarthy ard MS slrship ieaped
so feet higher. Personally he was sails
| net With $50 feet. but hs was compelled
| To obey Tire law OF nature. He closed hts
| eyes-pcssiSly he rrayed-he held his
breath and grasrei the ropes tighter A,
an altitude OF 3nce fee; the balloon noa,ea
| las.ly IN tho st!Il mountain air. Far above
FAli mountain he took . panoramic view
81 the scenery. which showed the Mont
real mountain IN Canada. she white peaks
IN New Hampshire, the whole sweep 81
| Vermont 90 the s-.th and Lake Cnampizin
srt ire airortacks IN New York state
/ ''~t the mae IN t,e sslieon soon tired ~
MS view Ee then waited for the hot.
smoky air IN 'he Rag 10 cool and take him
nome. HIS d~scen; was as easy and
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