Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1869 — A Balloon Voyage. [ARTICLE]

A Balloon Voyage.

BtJVFAho, N. T'. July 5. t)Nf fli the main features in ftts city today, *a a balloon aacehsiori udder the dirention, of Mr. Samuel A. King, the well' known Boston aeronaut The bah loqn used on the occasion was the Hyperion, and Mr- King was acoompanled by Me»m Jsrap# AlbrOjOfthe Buffalo Com merged Admritier ; Walter T. Chester, of the Buffalo Courier; Henry K. Appleton, of Boston, and .Luther L. Holden, of the Boston Journal. The ascension was made "at 41t5, and a west wind prevailing at the time. . This is Mr. King’s one hundred and thirty-eighth ascension, and the fogy.

t-eenth made by the representative of ihe Journal. Warren, Pa., July 6. Mr. King’s balloon “ Hyperion,” which ascended from Buffalo yesterday afteruoon,- descended last night upon tbe summit oi Rock Jtobble, ono of the Aileghany Mountains, in Hamilton, McKean County, near the line of Khizua, Warren County, Pa., about fifteen miles from this place. The trip was one of the most eventful balloon excursions ever made in this country. After leaving Buffalo the ** Hyperion ” went out over Lake Erie six or eight miles. And there attained a height of at leasts mile and a half. Ih running lower to take advantage of a more southern current, as the upper current led towaid tfib centre of the take, two dips were made iu the water, but without serious results. A wire drag rope, which Mr. King intended to use both upon water and land, was unfortunately lost, After being over tho water nearly two hours the land was regained and tho “ Hyperion ’’ took a southerly course, the greater part of the time quite high. Immense tracts of woods were passed over, and no iuviting places for a landing presentod themselves. In the balloon seemed to be passing backward and forward over a particular piece of woods, but in reality it was journeyiog south at the rate of thirty or forty miles an hour. Over Erie County, in the town of E len, Mr. King made a descent in answer to invitations from the citizens, and after a delay of fifteen minutes the trip was resumed. An altitude of two miles or more was soon reached, and the balloon continued to travel south for the greater part of the time quite high from the ground. At 11 o’clock preparations were made to land in a partially cleared spot The anchor struck the ground, but tore out and caught iu the very top of a tall tree. It was found impossible to reach the ground, as the balloon was suspended fifty feet. Here the aeronaut party was compelled to pass the night As there was an entire absence of wind near the surface, this was accomplished with safety, although the danger of being precipitated to the ground was at all limes imminent When it became light enough to see the surrounding* the anchor was cut away and left in the tree-top—the basket with its occupants descending rapidly, though safely, to the ground. The balloon was torn to shreds, and it will be necessary to cut the tree down to regain the auehoi and netting. It was found, very much to the surprise of the excursionists, that the balloon had descended upon the tof> of the tallest tree upon the summit of tbe highest mountain in either McKean or Warren counties. The balloon was in the air six hours and ihrce-quartes, and in the free-top six hours and a quarter.