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L 0 O. a tL i. i newspaper 1 per her man lanno 10 out of or Lake Erie I this a nr floon loon by the tho crews of or two pass l' l Cl'S who saw th-Jin th x fall faU he A au and were brought to 10 S1 alo lii two young men sailed one f three balloons which started front from JT Columbus ol tut Saturday afternoon in jf an n balloon race The Therace race was Mas und under tinder r the auspices of ot u the Columbus Aerial club and rind was for or ol rt iu trophy offered b by the board of trade Ualle Wu VL Yc left th tho ground in Columbus Columbu I said Lieutenant Bennett this after after- noon with plenty of or ballast and in- in in-I in for a voyage But ButIl Butas Il as ai soon a as the sun SUll went down oura IiII began to condense e and condensed W o o oX X L much that by b about S oclo clock o'clock k Satur- Satur i Osy night wo we were obliged to dl poso oC fot practically all HIl of our ballast YeI We Ye Weid I lk id to lo throw it out In order to ke keep leep p 1 ourIves lI es up Ui 4 i t We Wc had good luck and ami everything O went all aJl ll right ht U until titlE we vc struck I Ito Hie lake lale being about three miles above t y 1 It We 0 had gotten rid lid of or f all but on ont I bag bug of our sand ballast which und under r ordinary Conditions I is 16 plenty to make jt u. landing lauding but I did not think It atle thIc to cross croS the lake with only on ono one lAg bag of or ballast l. l We Ve tried to make a u. landing When I attempted to Op opan tho gas Has valve J 1 discovered that i it 1 wa Vliet tuck stuck and amI would woul not noL open Th TIn t tI I knew we were good for to l' l a trip ou ouInto out r Into Juto the lake Jake and mid possibly a terrible In tho water during Saturday Sat Sat- urda f PIlL Im on un Llio 10 P CI l' l Sample and I immediately put on life preservers an and took an Inventory y o of it all alt the thc available l stuff lurr in th bas basket baket et that wo Wu could dispose of I pulled S up tip the anchor which was trailing behind be be- beS S hind and anti cut the rope lOPO Into small lecca so IfO as t to throw it out In email maJl bC 1 pieces and ud not to relieve the ball balloon on ot ot the entire weight of of the rope ropo at on onoe hen When we wont went out Jut on the tho lake lakO food had two I wo threw out all alj the we gallops gallons of water waler und and the I j 4 0 l g Hud disposing of them piece by byth I i j jali ali 1 1 0 W rb Q r t ab L b 1 oU o Lu ut l 1 With th the gnK gat and ana a ave c which wilt not work WOt Sample threw nut out watch so o a to lighten himself cU When lb the tho sun aim began cg to rIs it tt expanded ex ex- our ea gaR and d caused d us Uti to as- as end cua It was wat another l' l c extreme we got got too much sun V We Te started climbing wo we could nol open oen our valve fo to I any gas us e got up to an n altitude as s tar far n a alii 1 could estimate without instruments of ot about OOOO feet It w was th so o hard haid to breathe reathe and wo we did tild the the- roost nOt thing thing we we laid aid down in tn the ba kept kelt as 8 Quiet uS s possible Both oth being tired from front loss of Vt sloop sleep and the the- be WO 1 worry we 0 I 1 fell 11 asleep How on long I 1 U-pt U I 1 do donot donot donot not know It s a aalf alt l hour our it may have ha been blen ai a. hour It q wan wa then v very ry cold colli about t s 1 k 5 Sunday morning I a with a u. start feeling a rush of cold air nil on me mc I got ot ot UP in the tho basket and foundS found 1 S that the tho cold air had at again aln condensed t the a ga caB at and the was wa dro within Wo ru dropped feet teet four fouL going goin down at a terrific ate J-ate or of speed PC which la Is al also o able Ill re rc u C Coat Cun it to O crl Wo 0 won were t then n dropping when wo wn not to descend rh n I 1 lid did out rn my nU heavy y iu ii r. That chocked threw the full fall ot or the balloon Ww We took toole off our other coa coata imd shoes and prepared to toss then them out But lint oci where the thc air current C we 5 5 got gol Ip down 1 r h ho balloon baBoon balanced Vl S again Th This WB at a thousand f feet tt above tie gradually set get Tho The balloon Gra the tho water IP until we sighted d the r thirty miles un We Te were not ot close enough I the captaIn lohe we hailed to lil 1110 we were tn In and and told hint him if t hint him tO tick U op nn and myself wore core clinging and the Queen to the balloon through the sweeping Louise wn of about rate tho at ai When they lowered tour hour m w 1 an would pick k-k k we WO saw they thoy P and the b boat at S I 1 pulled the tho lh cord Iii ut up the balloon open open lJ ripped Th They Y got ot us out out to escape the he a. a t over to the water waler nuLl nJ towed uS' uS if 01 the We Ye got th tho on the went below an and went to 10 and we wC leer heck deck and wo we needed It 11 |