Show WOMAN MAKES THRILLING BUT unexpected THROUGH AIR i w balloon anchor catches female spectator by heel and carnes her aloft Is saved by ri aeronaut middleton N Y hanging han downward from a rapidly fascendini asce balloon mrs roper of brooklyn i spectator at a balloon ascension a ellenville El lenville was carried nearly a thou sand feet into the air the other after the balloon rose rap adly carrein miss roper head downward noon while 10 horror stricken pe pie expected to see her dashed t death every moment the occasion was the ulster count fair and a large crowd had been a traded by the announcement tha miss maggie dalley an amateur of this city would make an as cension miss dailey leaped into fam set era weeks ago by makens a balloon ascension on a daie since then she has made six ascensions successfully an e crowd had gathered around the ati three clock in the afternoon the balloon was fully inflated and miss dalley was sitting on the lapeze her manager charles begged the crowd to stand back so s to allow the balloon to be cast of finally he gave the word and the g ly ropes were loosened one t the ropes whirled into tl e crowd and the loop caught about mrs the balloon rose rapidly carrying mrs roper swinging head downward from the rope and miss dalley sitting on the trapeze mrs roper gave one shriek of fright and then was still having fainted the crowd was stricken dumb by the occurrence but manager williams kept his head and shouted to miss dailey not to cut loose in her 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 dailey describing great areas in the air the crowd be low was frantic women fainted and men shouted themselves hoarse there was a stiff south wind and the gas bag was carried rapidly northward soon miss dailey was seen trying to grasp mrs roper as the latter swung by her she finally succeeded in getting hold of mrs ropers hair then it was seen that the balloon was descending the crowd rushed madly in the direction of the men women and children climbed fences and rushed wildly through the fields and woods miss dailey still holding mrs roper by the hair leaped from the balloon with her when it was a few feet from the ground she sue ceedee in throwing off the rope when the balloon again soared into the clouds and was lost to view mrs roper was carried to the home of dr alice divine where after some time she le covered consciousness her injuries consist of a broken hand and many cuts and bruises it was only a short 15 minutes from the time the balloon went up until the women were back on the ground but to the crowd it seemed hours |