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, 4UU messages, 47doy wcrasr letters.The balloon ascension advertised to■ 'come off' at Lafa}rette on the 16thproved a failnre. The cheap fare onthe different Eailroads centering theredrew immense crowds to witness theflight of Pro!. Wise, but an accident occurred by which the gas escaped from tke ^balloon, and the voyage was postponed. Forty to fifty thousand people were ^supposed to have beenpresent. The ^excursion k trdiri on the■ .%*• 'i • ‘f‘- r** ' * • ■Wabash galley road contained 51 cars, drawn by two locomotives, covering athird of a mile of track. There werev *!-'*•*/ ■•/ / •* •* r % « % » . 4.. ^ - # . • * * * *■upwards of 3jOOO persons on Hoard. :I - * • */ I ^ \ k * • • . ^ .*.* J.HPha Uljf+lh ’T^otf mopo ,f
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Rochester Sentinel
Rochester, Indiana, US
Sat, Aug 20, 1859
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