Show AERONAUT I I NEAR TO DEATH DEAf Lady Irma Finds V When hen Feet in Air That Parachute Wont Won't Cut Loose BALLOON BREAKS HER FALL Landing Made Safely on Roof I of Meeting House After I Perilous Ascent Through the machinations of some om unknown ent enemy nu it Is claimed there re rewa was wa a sensation In th the balloon rose rog at atthe atthe atthe the state tnt fair Friday that th was vas not suppo suppo supposed sup- sup po posed ed to occur in that act acl and almost cost the Lad Lady Irma her life As S It Il w wt wa It t was wa probably hl only the speed eel with which she hc tell fell from flom the dizzy hel height ht to o which the rhe uncontrolled balloon lIoon os- os that thal saved sael a a more serious rio g mishap mis- mis hap hall thun than a R few bruises on the knee wh when n she Rhe- finally landed on a church roof root It is stated that th the knife I r Intended to 0 cut th the rope rop which fastens the parachute para pam chute chuh to the balloon had been wen wired vIrel hack ack so 50 that 11 It was wa Impossible to J get t tIt It 1 to work Aeronaut Dayne T 1 Abbott Abbott Ab Ab- Ab- Ab bott hott thinks this was the work ork poe poe- sibly Ibl of oC rival aeronauts who ho he lw says say ha have hae e made mf their cracks s t that hn t no aeronaut ever e r left Utah after once coming coining h here re The balloon race rac started at the scheduled ul l time lm 1 I 1 o'clock and apparently apparently under the most l favorable fn condi Lions The huge git gus It hug bags with Aeronaut Aero ero naul Abbott bbott dangling h beneath neath the one ono and his wife wIC known a as the Lad Lady Irma on the other sailed i up tip Into the cl clear ar atmosphere phe r h by side Ide almost touching touch touch- In lug ing at times time Th There Thero rc was just a a. touch o of cf a northwestern breeze and anel th the balloons hal bal loons loon went vent up almost almo t In itt perpendicular lino I i C. C Final Finally It h became came ident e that tho the balloon to which Mrs Irs Abbott was wa hanging waging was n ns n ascending a little the faster fast fast- er r. r and at a n height estimated at about 2000 feet Abbott cut the tho parachute loo loose nose and made th the descent He lie landed landed land laud ed d In safely although with some ome lit dif Ic u I 1 y Hope HOlle Will Not ot Cut This wa was largely caU caused by his an anxiety an- an for fw hl his wife Soon after ater the thea a aeronaut cut loose It became evident Ident to 0 the thou thousands of watchers that the theady Lael Lady ady Irma also was wa trying to cu cut cu loo loose nose e. e The Th parachute did not drop however howe and the balloon kept mountIng mountIng mount- mount Ing ng higher and higher until the th woman woman wom wom- an n appeared rl hut but a n. mere r speck the he bright blue sky Finally th the tho heated air ail In II the lie gas gns ba hag bag had tad cooled and It II be began an again to do- do gathering momentum as aR It fl went Nevertheless the balloon lIoon kept In a amore anore more nore or Ic less Ics s upright position anti and th the theair all air lr it contained cl kept its IL walls wall distended distend distend- ed d so o that it acted In the place of a parachute UI The Tha apparatus came down n dOl swiftly hut but ut nor not ti so sp dih H bi in ht- ter eI destruction des of th the aeronaut Lady Irma l landed handed on the thc roof of oC the he Twenty fourth ward hoti hOIl e. e The Tho balloon n caught on the roof and was wn torn it Is stated beyond rEpair re rE re- pair air Mrs Ir Abbott bbott sustained only a n p on the knee ec where she sho he landed Imd on oil a Church Of Ot course I was frightened said the tho little woman soon after she s-he was wa brought h down clown to the ground hut but I hadn't time to do much thinking about it t. t When I pulled the rope that should have tave cau caused ed th the knife to cut the parachute parachute para para- chute hute loose loo e. e and found that the knife would mould not work worl I 1 knew something was the he matter I 1 tried pulling still harder hard harel- er el throwing all m my weight on the rop rope Still 11 no rc response pon t Then I wrapped a t handkerchief around m my hand for Cor the thc rope ope hurt hUTt It and anel tried again but without with with- out nit success After Arter trials i I found that the balloon was de descending tad and I T he began n to look 1001 out for the landIn land- land In ng ngI I 1 1 suppose I was up feet con con- higher than I cv over ever r w went nt b before CorI Mrs Ir Abbott appeared quite collected in manner within a few minutes art arther after her e escape cap She he had little to say f-ay a as asto asto asto to the cau cause of the accident or the per persons responsible The rhe apparatus which It Is declared was tampered with Is a piece picco of or steel lc l lat at the head of ot the thc parachute through a hole in which the balloon haloon JU guy rope I is pa passed ed A knife I is fa fastened so 0 that If a D. certain rope i is pulled the blade will vilt pa pass pa s the hole cutting the balloon haBoon rope with a ors action The aeronaut himself elf landed handed on ome wires strung trun on ott piles about aboul a 0 block from the fair grounds round He Ho was WiS scratched and bruised in the tIme fall but bui JUt was otherwise c unhurt The wires were rent apparently power wire wires he said alel but the insulation he hc thinks s. s s-aved s him from rom rota more mor than thon a n t shock Usually I can throw myself so 80 a n nto as asto to prevent such landing as that but butI I was wal-l trying to td see what was the matter matter mat mat- ter with her balloon anti and did not nolice notice notice no no- tice lice what was ss happening to m me Mr r. Abbott wiil w make tho the a ascension alone Saturday Fridays Friday's was time the last cf cr the three balloon races race scheduled In addition a n race raCA would be e Impo impossible until th the Lady Irma gets get a new nev balloon balloon bal l loon |