Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-05
TELL OF TRIP IN BALLOON.

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TELL OF TRIP IN BALLOON.
Passengers Who Were Carried Away i,
Balloon Describe Horrifying Elk
perience.
San Francisco. Nov. with shat
tered nerves. but full of JOY the min
occupants of the balloon that ESCAPED
from here Saturday afternoon returned
, safe to their homes yesterday after
thrilling ride, during which they wer,
Gwept over distance OF hundred
miles in less than two hours wer,
tiown out to sea, dipping near to tn,
water in momentary expectation Of
] death, and then almost miraculously
We're carried back to land.
/ Those who made the involuntary trl
/ were:
Ed p. Dudley, aeronaut.
A. L. Dodge.
Ed Foster, Jr.
Walter Leon.
c. p. Vildecoq.
j. +. Leonard.
M. l.. Howarth.
] John A. NJ. Swift.
Mrs. j. p. Gunsaulus.
When the balloon broke its bonds It
sailed away in southerly direction
| South OF Redwood City it struck another
cir current, which took it toward the
ocean over the summit of the coast
| range.
| The hearts of all the occupants of the
| wicker cage We're filled with fear, as the
prospect Of being dumped into the ocean
stared them in the face. Twice the bal
loon dipped close to the surface of the
water, but rose each time to a consid-
cradle altitude Finally q breeze from
the sea caught the balloon and carried
II back over the land, and after drag
ging the cage thru the tops of grove Of
trees landed 1t on a hillside six miles
from Pescadeero.
At this place lies Beatty Thomson's
ranch Thomson was about when the
balloon came along by WIrr's mill. the
graphing hook slipping thru the trees
and raklng along brushy patches of
ground. BY this time much of the gas
lad beer let out OF the balloon and il
had little buoyancy. The rope that has
held the captive was sweeping along the
ground. When 1t came within Thomaon's
reach he grasped 1t and bore down with
all his weight. This stopped the flight.
Soon the balloon was brought to the
ground and the overjoyed passengers
end the aeronaut alighted and took sup
per with Thomson. Yesterday the voy-
ayers were brought to this city on
train.
Mrs. Gunsaulus, the woman passenger.
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when she reached this city and met her
daughter and her husband she gave way
and wept Historically In relating her
experiences Mrs. Gunsaulus said
1T was horrible! When the cable
broke ii felt as tho we had been de- |
scending rapidly in an elevator and had
stopped suddenly on the bottom floor.
After the first instant it seemed that we
were absolutely motionless, and /
thought maybe they had stopped the en- |
CINE. Then some one said, We are off, I
and | glanced downward thru the the |
circular opening OF the basket / al 1
most tainted. The earth, SO near a mo-
ment before, seemed miles away and GO
ing down and down. while we We're
standing perfectly still. Then Mr.. Dud- |
ley called out to us sharply to get down
ir the bottom of the basket and sit very
quiet. We obeyed quickly enough. II
was awful to sit there and know we I
could do so absolutely nothing"
ut was terrible experience" said /
Mr.. Dodge, one of the passengers. "and
would not undergo the same adventure
again for any consideration. Everybody |
was more or less shaky, while the woni-
an passenger and two or three men were
Sc sick that they sat in the bottom of the
basket thruout the trip.
II did not stand and look down until
after the balloon lad assembled quite a
ways. 1t was the most magnificent sight
ever saw: description can not be CIV
an to do it Justice Chystal Springs Lakes
locked no bigger than your hand. The
earth seemed fiat where we knew there
we're high hills. The entire city of San
Francisco looked no larger than an etch-
Ing.
When we got out over the ocean there
vas another serious moment for us am
ateurs Mr. Dudley kept smiling and
joking with us. but at the same tire
saw he kept his face over that circular
opening in the basket and looking down
at the greer sea under us.
'.Than we caught the southerly current
md We're soon over the land again. Go
ng down the valley We had race with
railroad train and it did not beat us;
/ was passenger train. too.
1T is good to feel the earth under
,ne's feet again.
Puny children with weak constitutions
IAN attain an unusual degree of bodily
and mental vigor by taking Rocky
Mountain Tea this month made by the
Madison Medicine Company; So cents. B
Mcbride & Will Drug Company. L,