Show BALLOONIST iL HAS SI S- S I I NARROW ESCAPE ESCAPE- ESCAPEs Carried Th sai s o V t tt t 4 t il i 4 l lAfr i is' is orF 4 to i ij j. j f 1 t l rk J 1 r. r tA tAJ J. J OWES LIFE o FE TO tb COURAGE I Cup s WI J Away Cur CUl am and Han Ifan hangs s to Several SC I Nerves Unshaken Augusta J Ga On Oct Oct 31 Dr Julian Julan P. P Thomas Thoma the millionaire amateur aeronaut of oC New ew York had perhaps perhaps I the narrowest t escape In the history of ot J American ballooning here her this after after- noon roon Ho He was carried thousands of of 01 feet cN In tho air clinging to the tho network network net net- t- t work worl of or a runaway u balloon with wih neither basket below him or ballast to aid him birD The truant balloon went entirely out of sight hl and arid hundreds who ho de ties les- chased It I In automobiles automobile and anti other conveyances con lost the he trail tri for lor an hour Finally When the pursuers pur pur- buers had llad about given up hope news reached here that the tho balloon baloon after soaring far above tho the clouds cloud had come to tho the ground six miles from rom town Dr Thomas landed without sustaining sus sus- taming a a scratch or r Injury of any nm kind He lie ow owed d hi his life to hI his own courage courage cour cour- age an und and presence of mind as he owed i his Ills thrilling experience to hal hardihood I He Ho had climbed up the network Inch b bj by inch us as the freed balloon swept I along at lit t a dizzy pace until he reached reache a point where with wih his ho could coul silt git the Inflated bag of oC silk sik releasing enough h gas as to cause tho balloon baloon to sink ink to the tile earth again A great crow crowd had gathered to watch th the ascension for fOI Dr rhomas Thomas I is u a a. a native of ut Georgia nn and has man many personal friends here As ho left the ground hl his balloon baloon the tire Nirvana be- be CHine caine entangled in ill some telephone wires ire There was danger that thal Dr Thomas homal would be electrocuted but a n greater peril lay In the fact tact that the le lecar car threatened to overturn and antI pl h him out While the horrified ran about aimlessly below shouting all al sorts of Dr Thomas yanked anke useless a advice DI from Crom a a sheath at his bolt bol a big sailors sailor's salor's clasp knIfe and working with desperation despera despera- esper- esper tion he slashed in twain the ropes that ton hitched the car Cr to the balloon The Tho oar car QU dropped while thu tho balloon baloon boun bounded ed straight upward like Iko a 1 0 t. t With the daring traveler sky dangling doug dang ang- ang ling like Ill Iko a U My IlY II rom the swaying strands of severed cor cords s the balloon was among the clouds In a few ew ev minutes min utes and entirely Invisible to those ho who tried to keep under It 1 The Tile next report came from a n farmer Canner six miles from town saying Dr DI Thomas rhomas was as at athis and his iris iris his house alive alve unhurt lh nerves unshaken At the special request of the tile citi- citi Sons ons of oC Augusta Dr Thomas had comO omo here hero to make malce an ascension from Crom the Ue fairgrounds Dr Thomas got tho the balloon In shape to 10 be bo taken to tho the baloon fairgrounds s at aboul about noon It I had been Inflated on un a vacant lot in front of f tho the Ming mill mi upon upper Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- wa way street It I was 1 his Is purpose to take tale it i to tho fairgrounds on a 0 boat in the tile canal an and he ho dl did start to employ these menns When within about a mile mie of or the tIle fairgrounds the tho balloon broke broka from HP Its fastenings upon the boat und and drifted drift drift- c ed Into an nn old uld Hold fluid abutting tho the fair fair- grounds From rum this old Held Dr Thomas Tho Tho- hora inns mas determined to mal make an sion llon ra But ho failed to mal make e allowance to for the tho telephone wires crossing the tc field 11 Despite his Ills thrilling o adventure this afternoon Dr Thomas has lias made mado arrangements ar ar- ar- ar for fot another ascension to to- to morrow norr v. v I |