| Show chasing a balloon at sea gen au all exciting balloon adventure was witnessed at dover last evening rise balloon was bigoted bighted nt at do dover about four sailing it at a great attitude altitude over Shake clift cliff and being driven toward the castle before bafo re a fresh westerly wind it was vas noticed 1 that the occupants of the cor car were discharging a great quantity quan tily of b ballast fil lost spa apparently bently having lit some difficulty din in Icer keeping tile the bahon b alfon up tip soon after it hall had passed over dover castle it ic was I 1 seen that something was vas wrong and that the balloon was descending very rapid rapidly ly it was then over t the he channels Chaun cl about two miles from t the tic shore rind and much excitement prevailed in the be town fit the people assembling in great reat numbers on oil tile piers DOI and sea front tho the balloon continued to descend rapidly until it reached tile water through 0 which lite car av was a s dragged 0 several boats put off from shore but they were unable to get near the ballo balloon ballotti eti owing to iho aft rapid pid rate call at which the wind carried it along mr render reader the captain of tile the dover harbor tu tug Gr granville amille who went to tho the rescue resau e has made the following fol following lowine 0 statement ile he says his attention was first drawn to the balloon about five it was then descending 0 rapidly off the shore between th the e convict barracks ond and the south foreland se seeing c ing cing the dangerous situation af pf the aeronauts aero acro he at once weighed anchor at tile Admira lily lity picas pier where lie he was lying 0 asid proceeded ceedee st at full speed to the spot oslo one 0 01 the london steam N navigation companas Comp anys steamers the sir walter rileigh 11 which had bad just left tho rier with passengers for Ran ramsgate isgate also gave chanc the balloon b tilo oll struck the water to lo the westward of the south foreland Lif lights flits As soon as the dic balloon touched tile the water tile car sank and it was feared tile the occupants were lost as 19 the balloon went cier ci er on her side and rolled about a great reat deal on tile the water but tile the tan men were soon seen clin clinging in tc the ropes a and nd signaling 0 for us sista nac although the tide was getting s ettina in the opposite direction th the was impelled through gis the water ily by the wind mail at a great rate and the tug lug gained on them very slowly tiia the e men were seen to be in a 1 very exhausted ba state when the tur luz reached within half a mile of them it a 1 galley kiil manned by some travelers by whom the balloon had been sighted shot out from st margarets bay and succeeded in getting ettin to the balloon as she was avas drifting by the tum tug 9 being acid then within halt a mile of them liscs ciuc s ceic thrown throw to the and they were hauled into the galley alley with willi great difficulty they were very much exhausted and were taken ashore at it once where here restora tives thes were bere administered tho accident is attributed to capt dale losing control of the valc at the llie top of me lle balloon the balloon had ball evidently lost a large quantity of gas is as it partly collapsed on thy the tug film 0 coming am up to it were made by tho the captain of the tug to sc be cure the ballon but it suddenly rose front from tile water soon after it was released from its load ascended to a cicat heights and drifted away over the direction of P london sandord |
