Ogden Sun | 1905-10-24 | Page 1 | Saw a Daring Sight

SAW A DARING SIGHT crowds watched a man in an aeroplane new york oct 23 in the north river off street yesterday afternoon 2000 new yorkers saw one of the most spectacles in the history of ballooning from the open roadway leading to the dock after a half dozen ludicrous failures a rickety creaking fragile aeroplane shot into the air as it propelled from the muzzle oc a cannon in the centre enmeshed in piano wire girders and gus and a network ot trail bamboo poles clung the aero C K hamilton a young texan with hands and legs outspread like a giant monkey man and machine went up propelled by nothing but drawn attached to the batern of a aia a rope tugboat which far out in the river was heading down stream as fast as its kicking could send it the throng ashore held ita breath he aeroplane sheered and rocked like a boys kite in a gale one hundred two hundred three hundred feet it soared creaking and cracking no spiders in a broken web eyer croie more desperately to bold a few minutes of lifa than did hamilton As the machine dived 10 right the aced of the aeroplane tad in the beshea to the left and vice verba jumped not an instant from the time it darted upward from the ground until it began slowly 10 settle into the wat frantic battle ei ut the mer lid for equilibrium and life in th aeroplane cease voices that had cheered the daring aeronaut at the first harting in the air were stilled dozens 01 women turned from the sight as hanta ilton in and out ot his cage avith the agility of a frightened monkey when the aero olan ciui reached a point estimated at feet a ferryboat got in the course of the tug and compelled that craft to veer up stream that left the cracking thing in alie air without propelling power and it gradually settled As the rope slack it fell slowly with a swimming motion from right to left into the river launches sail ing boats tugboats tug boats rowboats and yachts were sent after the aeroplane and rescued the texan 1 I got an ay with it were bis first words but I 1 will never ehnow how I 1 did it tt was tho moat exciting experience I 1 have had in faie years 0 ballooning and I 1 thant no more of it many of those who saw yesterdays spectacle declared they would never look at another of its character