Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1893 — WENT UP HEAD DOWN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WENT UP HEAD DOWN.

Pcrllou* l»»lloon Voyage of a Young Man at Wheeling, W. Va. William Sayres, aged 20, was assisting at a balloon ascension at Wheeling, W. Va., when, just as tho balloon started, his foot became en-

tangled in the ropes. Iu an instant he was jerked from the ground. Thousands of spectators saw him carried into the clouds banging head downward and in danger of dropping at any moment. He succeeded in getting hold of one of the ropes, and drew himself up to the rim of the balloon, where be clung until landed safely on the Ohio side of the river.