Show I FORBES ASCENDED lO TO DillY 8 IN BALLOON FLIGHT Reached Altitude of Feet Aeronauts Recovering Recovering Recovering ering From Injuries HORSE HonSE CAVE Ky ICy May 12 That That the flight Ight for tor a a. worlds world's distance record from Quincy Ill m by A. A Holland HoIland Forbes holder of or the time Lahm cup and James Carrington Y Yates the astronomer both of or New York which began beg at Quincy III hI Monday MontIa c evening terminating late lato Tuesday In a a. disastrous tumble to the earth from a a ah h height of or perhaps feet near noar Center K Ky vy W was S not without Its compensations was waR Indicated b by a statement made h by Forbes last night Tho Tho- balloon broke broko the he ascent record record- It Is declared arid and some soma photographs of the the- comet were scoured at an an elevation elc of oC 1000 feet Forb Forbes s last night describing their lr ex- ex pem-lence pem after reaching the altitude of or feet reet sid said In Jn descending from the great oleva- oleva tIon lon we WP had vel very little sand Band left and as ho tho gas contracted the balloon bag became be be- came camo extremely flabby Everything however how how- vcr ever ever went well until we were cre a 3 few fow ow hund hundred l fe feet fot t above tho the ground when the tho lio appendix linn line broke broko loose from the ring rim supporting the basket There was waso wasso so 10 o little gas gM In iii time the balloon at th the time lint that the rigging collapsed and with the thc haket h attached naturally dropped l This caused aused the time rip cord which Is attached to o tho the ring to rip o open n the balloon at nt the tie height of feet feel from tho the ground Saved by Air Cushion I 1 cannot describe the sensation of that hat toot foot drop to tho lie ground It came amo so suddenly I have hae a faint recollection recollection rec- rec of or seeing men below me In a plowed field and of mib try try- inK big ng It seemed to tilt up the basket that hat Mr Yates Tatos and I ml might ht spring fr free o from th the lie ris- ris rigging risIna Ina whoa when close o to toie the ie ground Because the ba basket kel did not tilt lit as It would ha have havo done ilono under ordinary nar nary ary circumstances was waR the cause of our ur Injury I believe bellevo the tho only thing that invented the thc breaking of or our backs back when time the banket fell bottom squarely lown own under tho the w weight l ht of the bag haJ wa was the he rubber air mattress which wo we hail had placed In tho time bottom so an that we wo might ho he e when hen we wo wanted to lit lie down own For a I moment I J was waa as stunned h by tho the Impact Thru I 1 recovered and saw two or r thre three o men coming to our aid The They extricate u in us anti In I Improvised d litters we u-c c were ro to this houseIn house hous In rn starting from Quincy we wei worn cre liable to cart carry more than three thirty o pound fortY hags bags of ot l sand which to- to with the tremendous lu to tr which w n wm a ascended c phort hort shortened tJi tho thi trip VP Vii should ne never have o started the flight with Ith less than flit tift fifty bag s of oC ballastOn ballast On this trip I did not mind the tho low temperature so o much both hoth of us were prepared d for It Wo Yn suffered tom for want of oC oxygen though when wo we went higher than nan JI feet The Tho air pressure at that altitude I 1 is not more morr than three or four pounds lOunds and It seems cems one ono cannot get enough nough air We e panted like dogs dos and m my iy ear cat drums and e eyes A pained painel d me mc great great- I y Yates In tho the fame maji- maji ncr cr Some aeronaut take tahe tanks of Ir OX oxygen oxy oxy- gen en with their supplies supplier hut but wo wr dill did didlot not lot think wo wn would need It H. Ono One can become accustomed to time the rapid changes In i air nil pressure however how Both Forbes H and Yates were ere resting Comfortably ly this morning rimming and nd expressed ss the tho 10 opinion that by time tho en end of or tho the week thoy hoy would bo ho able to undertake the journey to their homes In New York |