The Jersey City news., 1906-08-30
HAULED HIGH IN AIR
Woman Raised Five Hundred Feet
by Dangling Guide Rope
of Balloon.
HURT WHEN MRsHIP DROPS

Spectator Receives Severe Injuries
After Involuntary Trip-causht by
Rope Which Twists Itself Around
Her Body and suspends Her Head
Downward From Basket.
Ellenvllle, N. Y, Aug. 30.-Dangling
head down at the end of rope 500
feet above the earth, New York wo-
man whose dress was caught by the
anchor of an ascending balloon almost
lost her life. She received injuries
from which it will probably take her
several months to recover.
Maggie Daley, noted aeronaut,
was billed as feature of the EIlenville
fair, which brought thousands of per-
sons here from all parts of the Cats
kills, including a party Of New York
women who are passing the summer at
Walker Valley. Among them was the
victim of the accident, who is said to
be a Mrs. Roper of Brooklyn.
Miss Daley announced that she
would try to beat her records in para
chute leaping, and when the time for
the ascension came great crowd gath
cred where she was making her prepa-
rations
When the bag was fully expanded
Miss Daley leaped into the wicker
basket and gave the signal to release
the anchor ropes. AS this was done the
balloon shot up with increasing velocity
every second.
Rope Wound Around Body.
One Of the anchor ropes caught in a
piece Of staging, and when the drag Of
the bag released it 1T snapped with
great force against the New York wo-
man and wound itself completely
around her dress.
In an instant she was lifted off her
feet, and then, to the horror of every
one, she was lifted from the ground.
Men, believing she would drop. rushed
below to be ready to catch her The
woman apparently had been frighten-
ed to such an extent that she could
not scream, and as the seconds went
by and she hung from the rope those
below began to think it was part of the
performance, and they set up a loud
cheer for her.
Miss Daley realized that the balloon
was dragging, and she took the cheers
for a warning cry and looked below.
At once she saw the woman and with
great presence of mind pulled the valve
of the bag.
Struck Against Fence.
The bag descended and made
straight for the old race course, around
which is built high fence. The aero
naut had no time to pull in the rope.
Within few moments she was within
hundred feet of the ground Then
the balloon stopped suddenly. Looking
below, Miss Daley saw that her hu-
man anchor had struck against the
fence with terrific force and was being
dragged along the race course.
Without hesitation the young woman
leaped from the basket when she was
within twenty-five feet of the ground
and, sliding down the rope, released
the then unconscious woman The bal
loon then ascended again, but Miss
Daley paid no attention to it, doing
all she could for the injured woman.
The balloon was recovered later.
The crowd at the fair grounds had
realized that the accident was no part
of the performance, and scores of
teams were driven over to where Miss
Daley and the victim of the accident
had left the basket. The woman was
lifted into carriage and taken TO the
home of DR.. Alice Devine, where her
friends found her. After several hours
she recovered consciousness and was
taken to Walker Valley in an impro-
vised ambulance.
DR.. Devine said the woman had dis
located a shoulder and an ankle and
broken five fingers There were
number of contusions of the face and
body and possibly internal injuries.