The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-15

1EONACO. Feb. 1A-Santos- Dumont' |
the aeronaut. met with disas-
IA ter here today, and had mar
tor. escape from death. His airship is
total wreck. while tonight his motor |
Has at the bottom Of the bay of !
Monaco.
The morning broke gloriouSiy, but as
here wa, considerable wind, Santos
Dumont decided not to attempt flight
Toward = o'clock in the afternoon
however. the wind dropped and the
weather. appeared To be perfect
Santos Dumont announced that he
would make a trip. a big crowd as
smnled at the entrance of the aero
t0me and as the large doors Of the
building rolled back the airshlp
emerged al twenty minutes of 3. n
number OF steam yachts and launches,
Including tbs Prince OF MOnacO's yacht,
Princess Alice. with several parties on
board were cruising about the bay
with the intention of following the ball
loon.
Cheers greeted Sautos-Dumont as his
a.rship rose and its head pointed Tor
N' middle of the bay. 1t was soon
noticed. however. that instead of main
u1ing it's usual equilibrium the bal
8og rose and pitched in way that
caused considerable anxiety among
he spectators.
Aeronaut is Not Dlsmayed.
The aeronaut. however. kept on his
tight and. pointing his snip to the
Teri. continued TO ascend until the long
sgde rope was quite twenty feet out
of The water In turning the balloon
l1a guide rope caught in the screw
ali THIS. with the erratic working OF
lla a.rsbD. created situation of great
e-lser. AZ the same time Squall
yws, from TCte de CHEN and Santos
huno1. tilted the head of his balloon
upward in order to disengage the
guide rope.
Eu. .n doing so the ballast shifted,
add the oL used 10 run the motor D.
San Oh spread. Fearing an explosion,
"e inventor pulled the emergency
.Nr- This ripped the envelope Of the
balloon, which AT once began rapidly
I'D descend. Santos DumOnt did not
Jose his head He could EARLY be seen
from the shore watching the various
CARTS 1f The airSnip. At this time the
.a.ooD had slightly righted itself and
lower part having become empty
.ie a.rsaip dropped slantingly toward
me T'-ron-shooJiug ground which Dor
urrs the bay.
Flucky Inventor Almost Drowned
% the meanwhile the steam launches
' '1g bay were making toward th'
''. where it was supposed the pal
e- would fam The first TO approach
va Tho Princess Alice, belonging Il
Prince of Monaco. and those OF
yard seized the balloons guide rope
which somehow had become Olsen
1aS.si. so the moment this was don
Faa-n cracking sound. made by III
.'. could be heard, and the screw
es seen tu UevOlve.
ale balloon. which was then alInoS
e. me sea. rose slowly for a few mo
MS But The motor stopped agar
w The airShip descended a secon
e until Santos DUmont was i'm
-Sed up 10 his armpits in the watel
ms scene was witnessed with IN
- excitement by Onlookers ashor
ma a1oat. The aeronaut, with pluc
NJ. mad characterized him through
ms dangerous experiments, coul
f,,,rh standing up i'm his car gesticy
and shouting directions to thos
He launch. which was towing hi
ara the Princess Alice.
lam hFe minutes Of 3 the end Of q
ns'A burst and the Prince % M
49, Who was on board the launc
gave orders TO rescue SantOS-Dl
l7r,. from his perilous position. TT
BAN ca1ne slongsids the half-deflat'
n OK the airship, which threa