The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
PERILS or B.ALLOONING.
ExempiiHed by Some Recent Fatalities
aud Narrow Escapes.

From, the Chicago Tribune.
-rhey who 20 down to the sea In ships
have no more thrilling experience or hair-
breadth escapes than do those reckless souls
who brave the higher attitudes OF tho atmo-
sphere In balloons. i.
When a balloonist makes an ascension and
lands safely the people who have watched
him with white faces and hushed voices draw
a deep breath and think that. after all. the
dangers of balloonlng have been exsgRer-
ated But the old balloonist feels that his
safe landing is only another draft on the
store of good luck that has been allotted him
and that II has only fastened the day when
he will have overdrawn his account ana
then disaster will come. As one old aeronaut
IN ChIcae 90 said last week: 1T 10 simply the
case of the pitcher that goes once too often
To the well. Every time we make an ascent
We ask ourselves whether or not this Is the
one time too many.
The exciting experience Of the eight per-
sons who were passengers OF 'es Saps's st San
Of The dan gers Of voyagils, in air
e&o eaIE q nss! I. sslIs, u, i NJ; / 1. si f.l,
made an ascension from La Ss,ts On ouo
but after that no trace Of her could be found
Five hundred men and boy. engaged in 2
ABANDONED their Efforts only when the belief
became general that she was seeking noto-
riety and had arranged the dlsappearenfdd
get from Il Her husband held 70 the belei
that tho woman had descended safely ahd
had been. a rival for her hand The mystery
was fnally solved whom the body OF the uns
fortgnSstis n t So%M %eed. va az the ,oi Illinois River
Parachute jumping 10 not so dsngerous now
asst used to be, inthe old DAYS the ParachYte
hung at the side OF tho balloon. held by a slip
knnt Al tho nnment OF making the descent
the aeronaut, seated on the trapeze bar OF the
balloon. was obliged az almost the sane M
ssbe nstsobute from the body OF the balloon.
to Jerk free the knot holding the parachute
bar within reach. ana % MAKE goon MS "o''
More thsn one balloonist, at such a moment.
has seen the parachute swing free az the top'
tom side mp before he could leap from the
as 70 clear the psrachGts and tsrn int y oGn :
delicsce operation requiring fne cours ge and
decision. IN view Of the fact that the slightest
ss! uss s. ,nyo rcmpi SsrlS" o6 Sea by attaching
the parachute by safety CUTOFF hooks 70 the
ring beneath the balloon, A
ioonist who asoends. In a hot air balloon OF
In a gas balloon either, for that matter, u
there Are any nTew We sisbt' 1s r. fTe WIN"
Flames are apt 70 envelop the hhlloon 9nd
cause Il % explode or descend before Y has
TeACne0 "A nlkH tnpuEn ol'l'1o'
chute ordinarily a parachute, having q
fFftsafa ae o. snd vii iff Re Under S%i PS Sentrol 10 . fur:
Their descent Of seventy-ave feet ~ Is not
unusual for a belloonist to cut on ms eono
fest. and not pull The cord which releases is
inclosips band until within 900 feet OF ne
sfr OOSsIn i, The nsIS diG' GSs 70 q The H TACT Dthas. from %rn
the lofty viewpoint Of the a%eroIsnt, ob)eSetS
on the earth are blurred and indistlnct Is
ferrous obstacles. such as trolley, telegraph
and telephone wires and poles, steeples ana
upon a man on the ground TO Judge Ih. dis
tnnce and give the signals by. ,plstoi shots.
which can he heard plainly by the baIloonl't
Many seronauts have learned 20 ruide the
parachute 70. a certain eHtent ~ thrI"dh ~
tached to The ends OF the para chute and
s,Sn'.as 81 \ III 'H Saat e BY .ia %lir 81 or shee,iHs
Marian De. vey. who is known profes.
aeronaut Of the la Thoma Balloonlng ION.
pany. il said 10 be ADJ" TO exercise more
control Of R RffT pn msnH an 'n az aen 1"s q, liam.
nibal. Mo lat summer the hot air of the
balloon suddenly cooled, and she found
middle Of the Mississippi River 4 decent
into the middle Of the vide and swiftly now
Ing river meant NOTHING out a~h,n, ana ~
$3.50
Ia Paioma' never losing her presence Of
mind. cut loose with her parachute, ana ~
II desc.ndrd hurled her weight vain all u"
force she could command m the direction
she wanted 20 go and Lauied away a. .''
scend In a %-llutlng ilre she alighttd .alrIy
on TIE canvas aAnins 81 a df~dg" mat was
working at one hunk Of the Iyei
AZ klNin la paloma found that she was
dfoppinI straight Into the md 81 Il great
crowd oi people, VINO "rt" s'IN'd WIZ q
.Na. aud u.Fa mi 4NlH L. Ifl out UI the
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