Show 12 n 17 14 ow I 1 WOW xa m 1 1 I fal 1 1 e o isaa e ants n 4 ii 77 A aaa I 1 I 1 ma I 1 ars frs 1 UN 1 F J q 1 vr 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 t 14 I 1 r 24 t 1 t LIC rowatt I 1 tx 51 z Z heatle 1 Z C I 1 sf C I 1 Z I 1 I 1 3 I 1 1 I 1 st 1 i i k t I 1 j t au 40 f ID a rr to iane 2 islaam t 1 HI I U i V ba wont went to aa ri certain death 1 I 1 I 1 K IL jovas JONAS f JNO who wit bit I 1 I 1 I 1 hessed andrees departure I 1 tor for tilo do noreh pole coleby by balloon I 1 I 1 I 1 from ditnes Dot nes island has written an artt article cle entitled A andrees adlees drees 11 flight into the un known for the century the article Is accompanied by photographs including a number of the balloon after the ropes were cut mr St adling says after a sound sleep during that night I 1 jelv 10 we were awakened the following low g morning with a joyous cry which rang out in chorus from the younger me members abers of the balloon expedition southward A stron strong g and steady ste ad Y south wlad wind we rolled out of ou beds jumped into our clothes and ran up on deck andree andrea had already gone ashore I 1 hurried after gave abe be carrier pi pigeons geons food and water and nd went to the balloon house andree who the night before had said to one of the younger members of the expedition 1 I feel that it will not be long before we shall go up looked a trifle more serious than usual as he walked about inside the balloon house and looked up at the balloon after a few moments consultation it was decided to wait fr fir f ir r sat hour during which time the three aeronauts aero were to finish their correspondence ce and all private pre preparations the fated hour passed another was held on top of the balloon house besides the aeronauts aero M macheron Ma churon of parts paris the nephew of 31 la chambre the balloon manefa manufacturer took part in this consultation andree asked each one separately to give his ls opinion all were in favor of star starting flug although the strong wind made the start somewhat risky then they catoe e down andree as he be went on boartz boat the Svens kund seemed to be more pensive than ever the next morning andree told the captain of ta the gunboat Count ehrensvard that he had decided to start immediately the order was given to make the final nal preparations this was 1045 a m on the uth of july then followed a few hours of intense work and great suspense in less than an hour the dorth ern side of the balloon house was pulled down and in a little over two hours more the balloon had been raised a few meters the basket securely fastened to its place and everything else belonging to the last preparations accomplished neco acco co complis hed all being ready to start andree called cabled me aside and told me that he had bad decided to call his balloon the eagle omen and authorized me to publish its name he gave me some messages and salutations to his relatives and friends whereupon he mr and sir mr fraenkel smiling and without ceremony warmly shook our hands and bade us farewell then andree jumped into the basket and called out fraenkel each jumping quickly into the basket as they were ordered the extra sacks of if sand were then unfastened unfasten lad by and fraenkel and the bal j loon was held only by three strong ropes manned ed by a number of sal sailors lors andree now instructed the s sailors to cut the ropes when he should say three there followed a few moments of suspense and painful waiting tor for a favorable moment when the wind should not blow blaw so hard exactly at 2 SO in the afternoon andree called out with calm and steady voice cut I 1 one two three A simultaneous snap and the gigantic balloon roze rose majestically out of its prison count ehrensvard shouted klefve A andree good luck to aad andree ree allowed oll owed by a strong swedish lour fourfold fold hurrah hurrah I 1 hurrah hurrah while th the e daring aeronauts aero shouted back from froin above hesla gamla gabla 11 salute old sweden Swede nl as 3 the balloon lifted and started before the strong wind on its way uw to the unknown regions of ultima thule a voyage more daring than ban any since bince old pythias py theas more than twenty two hundred years ago sailed out am of tho pert af pf of bassilla Mas silla marseilles steering ste ertag toward the unknown n regions of the north As the balloon was being cut loose J ran upon the side sidd of the mountain I 1 behind the balloon house hous N from which point I 1 saw it wd ascending ending and took a kumf number er of pictures of 0 it ns as it started with I 1 its ti of gf about five tons the gigantic balloon rose roje majestically to a height of about six hundred feet then it sud suddenly defay aie descended se until the bask basket et lone touched fied the surface of f the water this depression was zd xio doubt caused by the he great je resistance I 1 si stance t the three 4 guide ropes eack measuring morel thant han nine hundred teet andr which hisom hi income som e way 1 or ex 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