Show ANOTHER BALLOON FIZZLE lizzle THE yire original graphic cotton balloon loon repaired and strengthened mith with v etli Bless biess rs washington U H donaldson georgo george ashton lunt and alfred ford aboard started for europe from tho the capitoline grounds brooklyn yesterday ye morning making a successful ascent tho the voyage continued until about midday mid day it was cau eau caught lit in a violent storm in the n ort li eastern corner of connecticut about eighty 11 miles from new kew haven at twenty five minutes past one the same name day after having beell leyn leen previously sailing near the earth carth rhe tho rho balloon again coming meir mear enough and the tho voyagers still ieta leta retaining ining a fluger lingering hig fondness for mra W terna terra rn lirria biess bless rs donaldson and ford jumped out while mr lunt was caught in some t trees but ultimately reached aso solid iid ild lid ground uninjured injured nn the balloon itse itself elf eif as if ashamed of the two fizzles already made sailed off aryain again for europe on its own responsibility sli sibl lity nor had its progress been further stayed at last accounts perhaps Perli aps this is as well as could be the balloon it is to be hoped will continue right on to E europe drope and demonstrate in some way without injury or hazard to human life this much agitated question of upper air currents the voyage of the empty balloon will be looked to with almost as much interest as if the three aeronautic gentlemen had continued with it instead or making in t their jumping off oft place on tho the classic ground of old connecticut the reasons which caused the gentlemen to leave the balloon and land on american soil instead of pursuing their journey to eu ropes shores do not yec yet appear but they must have been all clent or mr donaldson would hardly have llave taken that course scours e after all his ills brave statements about abou t doing everything he could to make the voyage a success and to determine the possibility or impossibility of crossing the ocean in in a balloon the public will not only be glad to learn what record the balloon makes for itself but also what mr donaldson has to say for himself for making his record so brief meantime the way is open for the new graphic silk balloon and for barnum and ilis liis balloon W we e may also observe that the responsibility of mr donaldsons Donald sons failure can not be fairly placed upon the graphic company because cause M they previous to the ascension expressly disclaimed such responsibility and mr donaldson expressly said 1 I want it distinctly understood that this undertaking is wholly my own and that responsibility for its result is to rest entirely with me |