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Star Washington Dc 23 Apr 1907

BALLOONIST BARELY ESCAPES
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Drops 1,400 Feet Before the Parachute Opens and Checks Fall. 

NEWARK, N.J., April 23.- John Mack, a balloonist, is suffering from the result of an experience he had Sunday at Hillside Park, where he made an ascension before about 1,500 persons. Because the parachute did not work properly he nearly lost his life. 
    He had gone up fully 2,000 feet when he prepared to descend. Grasping his parachute, which was one that he had never tried before, he let himself go, expecting the parachute to open by the time he had dropped 100 feet. It failed to spread, however, and he went down toward the earth like a shot. 
    Every spectator feared that Mack would be dashed to death, but when he was about 600 feet from the ground the parachute flared open, and, with the aeronaut hardly retaining his hold after the sudden stop, it swung back and forth, and with gradually lessening speed descended to the ground, landing on the Erie tracks at Washington avenue. 
    When aid came Mack was found lying where he had fallen, and trembling from the effects of his flight. He tried to get up, but he was too weak, and he had to be taken back to the park in a wagon. When able to talk all that he said was: 
    "That was my first experience of that kind and I hope I'll never have another." 
   A girl, who is said to be under sixteen years old, was to have made an ascent from the park, but the management decided not to let her go up, as her father had sent word from Camden that she had run away from her home there last Saturday and that she was not sixteen years old. 
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Star Washington DC
23 Ap 1907

RICH BROKER MADE GREAT AIR TRIP

Started From Philadelphia Ascended 12,000 Feet, and Finally Landed in a Creek. 

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Traveled Long Distance
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At One Time in the Throes of a Hurricane Which Threatened to Sweep Ship Out to Sea. 

NEW YORK, April 23.- Nearly 12,000 feet high among the clouds and whirling through the air at times faster than a mile a minute, Alan R. Hawley, a wealthy stock broker of 20 Broad street and living at 22 East 76th street, with Arthur T. Athenholt, a rich Philadelphian, made a sensational balloon flight yesterday. 
   They started from Philadelphia, intending to make a quick trip to this city. They ran into an easterly current of air which blew with hurricane force after passing New Brunswick, N.J. The velocity of the wind they estimated at eighty-five miles an hour. They feared, if they remained among the clouds, that they would be swept far out over the Atlantic ocean. So they decided to cut the journey short. 

Land in Matawan Creek. 
   they traveled many miles, however, before they reached the earth, and then they landed in a creek near Matawan, N.J. Both men were bumped and jostled about severely and emerged from the creek very wet, but extremely happy. Their only regret was that records which they had made while the balloon was fling far above the earth at a speed greater than the fastest express train were lost in the creek. 
   Their flight from start to finish lasted ninety-three minutes, more than fifteen minutes being spent in maneuvering for a landing. in a beeline, the landing place was sixty miles from the starting point, but it is estimated they actually traveled about eighty miles, not counting a straight upshoot into the air of a mile at the start and other ascents and descents during the journey. 
   It was the sixth balloon flight for Mr. Hawley, and the second for his companion. They used an immense French balloon named the Initial, and owned by A. M. Chandler. The big bag holds 35,000 cubic feet of gas. 
   Mr. Hawley's nerves were not the least unstrung by the experience. He and Mr. Atherholt, after seeing the balloon safely packed up for shipment to this city, boarded a train and came here. After dining heartily they went to the Aero Club at 12 East 42d street, of which Mr. Hawley is one of the most enthusiastic members, and there he described the aerial journey to his friends. Later he gave an account of the trip to a reporter at his home. 

The Aeronaut's Story.
   Mr. Hawley is forty-five years old and married. Like most amateur aeronauts, he is also an ardent automobilist. He said; 
   "We made the ascension at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, at 12:37 p.m. The start did not seem very favorable, as there was very little wind, and that was variable and gusty, blowing five miles one minute and twenty the next. We had some trouble getting started, as the gusts of wind caused the balloon to sway from side to side. 
    "There was a picket fence nearby, and there was some danger of our being thrown out and spiked on the pickets. 
   "We finally got aboard and when up twenty feet I told the starter to cut the rope. We shot straight up for about a mile. At this height one usually experi---(End of page cuts off sentence)

Brunswick, which we reached about 1:50 o'clock. 
   "The wind at this time be came very sharp, blowing about eighty-five miles an hour. It was driving us toward the coast. We debated whether we should keep at it and run the risk of being blown out to sea or make a descent. we decided on the landing. When we finally hit ground, and we were some time getting there, we struck about half a mile west Matawan, N.J. at 2:10 p.m.

Had to Dodge Buildings
    "Coming down we had to fight our way to clear trees and buildings, and to dodge some of the obstacles we had to dump out ballast at different times. In all we threw over about seventy-five pounds of sand. 
    "When we got over the place at which we decided to land we saw there was a creek about six feet wide. We figured the water was three feet deep and we determined to doge that creek at all hazards, but it got us good in the end. 
    "I waited until we passed over the creek and threw out the anchor, but the ground wasn't the right kind and the anchor didn't get a good hold. Gusts of wind caused us to zigzag back and forth over the creek. When I thought we were surely clear of it I opened the valve and we came down with a rush. The anchor had finally taken hold, but as we were descending a gust of wind upset my calculations and the basket, after bumping us about, dumped us very nearly into the water. 
    "It was a good ride all but the finish."