Eureka Reporter | 1902-11-28 | Page 7 | Story of a Balloonist

pap T STORY OF A balloonist miraculous escape made by an eng I 1 sh all aeronaut MAP M A P tells a story of one of the adventures of stanley spencer the english aeronaut it was at hong kong and the balloon was rent in mal ing the ascent however rather than disappoint the crowd mr spencer de ter mined to trust to his luck and gave the order to let go the balloon shat up the hot air pouring from the fis sure the aneroid soon marked leel feet and the parachutist was begin ning to get ready when the balloon suddenly collapsed and after a vain endeavor to loosen the parachute be he fell like a stone during the whole of that fall he was conscious and belf fe no fear twice he turned completely over and then crashed on to rocky cliffs feet above the sea leel some jack tars among the horrified tors rushed to pick up his remains and found him not only alive but con are you hurt they asked with the fatuity of men deeply moved only carried away a mainstay boys was the cheery response and then the plucky man fainted he had broken his tibia b bit it that and some bruises were his only injuries A fall of feet onto rod reel s and life the explanation lies iles in the tact fact that tie ti e parachutist struck the sloping side of the cliff and slithered down to the bottom