BALLOON SENSATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 9

BALLOON SENSATION.

IGNITION IN MID AIR

fe^^AN'-AERpNAUTINJURED.;- ; : ; :..':;.(ni : -::.;:.:: : : '■"':. V: -; - Giaborrtfiii.February. ■■•10.-. .-'.■■ <;! yii:'crowd ; -bfv.about;' 200. people ..assembled at;; ; tthe..;Victoria ..'Domain. : this.-afternoon.! to witness,':a-:ballobn: ascent, by :Capt'ain : Jonassoil, and a thrilling-spectacle\was thO-: result.' As th'e-ballbouH'n's rising,\aftof,the/inflation, the-'fire"' that- had .been .used for .the purpose of -tho hot. air to:' fill the envelope; by some-means'ignited: the fabric y The fire- ' .occ'ii'rrcd''just':'.at';aVtime'when' the : >,eaptalii could."nbt-ree'ede/had'.ho.:dcsired;:to; do':so, ,ahd. !the■: balloon, went -sailing up,- into mid air,., the,- spectators -fearing: for. .the'life of 'the ; "adventurous aeronaut;-: :.Tho;lattor, how--: ever,"'; wont■,-oh':' with.,', his.yperfofmance as if; out' of Hhe .ordinary :-had:happened, and .heVga'vci-'a": clever 'exhibition of -. gymnsV tib; r featsy on j.tho^Ronian" rings frbm:the ballobii. ,:.,:';::; ■■■;;. / .\5:-3^--::-j/-.- : -'.: .'ySuddenly; when the:balloon-had'.roaohod a lieight"bf ;about ; ,loo/;feet, : 'the :fabric;rent; rtrid.' as' ; ;:tliev air.Vesc'aped;, : thb'.bitllbo'li oame downwards-slowly-ibwardsthe:* oartlii:: It Appeared: as .if Captain','Jbriassen' -mxi'st be';fatally . : injured,' but,.',- he /landed ..successfully,' though he anklo dislocated,, tained:a (iompoundvfractfire.of; both:bon'es of :thb .wns-takonaii/a-cart.'to'.the hospital;:. Before Captain'* Jonasseh : left-the expressed regret\to:the:public, for 1 having,, disappointed ■ them : ,ih; regard'to .the .'ascontj as -he : wa.s : better.,he - would, ehdeayour.-to carry; out bis. advertise'd;'-prbrnisei'':t; : -'^^\.. , '-..';''.:'',-/'- / r.-.-v:;!;'.-''■■'--'•■: v.'.Thob'alloon is of silk':arid cotton material. The'- inner -lining has:'been destroyed, but : it isX.beliovedi.that' .'partsvof ; the .outer ;lininp 'dan.again\be turned:-to:,use..;,The cause-,of. ■ignition.is'attributod.by Captajn;Joriassen's assistant 'to; tho; fire '-being J too Hot', at ; one ■stage;: and '-.scorching \ the top! of. the 'balloon. 1 He-.:was',.in charge of .the ''.furnace/.' and ballooiir.was'seqrehiiigj: he-had giyefcthe!others!assisting;Warn-: !bffi;;: ; filling,"tKe''f urnace^!: but: '•■ theyy evidently .'did;-.ri6t ; hear! Him.",-'..As-the-balloon rose,}and it ever- before, the:''current .of.-; air.! from.- : beriea'th '■■■-' f orbed::, : the;;: hot air. 'through-;thb!'portioh!..of the'.'envelopo.' weak : :eried.-by the.'sc'brching,! : !hence';the collapse li few;seconds plater; ■■ }^.:: .- , :y'-::r '■'■:■:.■■-''.