Show WOMAN MAKES THRILLING BUT UNEXPECTED TRIP THROUGH AIR Balloon Anchor Catches Female Spectator by Hl and Carries Her Aloftls Saved by Aeronaut Mlililloton N V Hanging head downward from a rapidly ascending I balloon Mrs Hoper of Brooklyn a spectator at a balloon ascension at Ellonvllle was carried nearly a thousand thou-sand feet Into tho air the other after tJ X IV > J4JJ1I11I1iillfilhJmIlIJi I f i n g r t l i The Balloon Rose Rapidly Carrying Miss Roper Head Downward noon while 10000 horror stricken peo plo expected to sea her dashed to death every moment The occasion was the Ulster county fair and a largo crowd had been attracted at-tracted by the announcement that MIss Maggio Dailoy an amateur aeronaut aero-naut of this city would make an ascension as-cension Miss Dailoy leaped into fame e II 3 J ClY Pl J1J acooaOOJOI several weeks ago by making a balloon ascension on a dare Since then she has made six ascensions successfully An Immense crowd had gathered around the balloon at three oclock In fully the afternoon the balloon was Inllated and Miss Dalley was sitting Charles on the tapezo Her manager Williams begged the crowd to stand back so as to allow the balloon to bo cast off Finally ho gave the word ami loosened One of the guy ropes were the ropes whirled Into the crowd and the loop caught about Mrs Roper The balloon rose rapidly carrying Mrs Hoper swinging head downward from the rope and Miss Dalley sitting on the trapeze Mrs Hoper gave one shriek of fright and then was still having fainted Tho crowd was stricken dumb by the occurrence but Manager Williams kept I his head and shouted to Miss Dalley not to cut loose In her parachute para-chute The latter understood and was apparently cool The guy rope which was fastened around Mrs Ropers leg hung from the top of the balloon and she swung by Miss Dalley describing great areas In the air The crowd below be-low was frantic women fainted and men shouted themselves hoarse Thero was a stiff south wind and the gasbag gas-bag was carried rapidly northward Soon Miss Dalley was seen trying to grasp Mrs Hoper as the latter swung by her She finally succeeded In getting hold of Mrs Hopers hair Then It was seen that tho balloon was descending The crowd rushed madly In the direction of tho balloon Men nn vts > > nmi MilMrnn climbed fences un nand wemun and rushed wildly through tho fields and woods Miss Dalley still holding Mrs Roper by tho hair leaped from tho balloon with her when It was a few feet from the ground Sho succeeded suc-ceeded hi throwing off the ropo when tho balloon again soared Into tho clouds and was lost to view Mrs Roper was carried to tho home of Dr Alice Divine where after sometime some-time she recovered consciousness Her Injuries consist of a brokcn hand and many cuts and bruises It was only a sort 15 minutes from the time the ballaDn went up until the women wero back on tho ground but to the crowd It seemod hours AOOOSOOOSOSCCCCOSOSOSOOOSCr |