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—-4#^-The Ilalloou Takes a Little JourneyAlone.The ballnon went up yesterday but the man did not go with it. Thi3 however waa not the man's fault. Ho did everything po sible to get the air ship to navigate, but the contrary winds would not let it go. The balloon was half inflated one time when a sqall struck it and turned it over, and all the inlUtion evaporated. Then another trial was made aud this time the balloon was held dowD, but the wind twisted and turned it sothat it could not be filled as full of hot air as a good aerial flight demanded. Hut the Professor let it go anyhow and ' was iu his seat ready to visit the upper ! atmosphere. Ho didn't get there. The immense canvass rcse lazily from the ; earth, but it wouldn’t go high. It went sidewise with the wind, dragging the aeronaut along the ground tor a little distance, then it slammed him against a fence and started over toward the grand stand. People held their breath, for it i looked as though the Professor was go- i iug to be hurled against the corner of that structure. But the balloon got tired aud let down a little when the Professor jumped out. The loss of his weight was a release for the balloon, and then it rose slowly and reluctantly upward for two hundred feet or more and took a trip with the wind for about a mile, when it came gently down to the earth.
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The Daily State Chronicle
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Sat, Oct 18, 1890
Page 4
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