Danger in the Air

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 9, 1879

Danger in the Air.

ONE item of interest at Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco, has been the ascension of Prof. Colgrove, every Sunday, in his balloon, "Gen. Grant." Last Sunday was very windy, premonitory of the coming rain. The Professor was warned not to ascend, but a large number was there to see, and he would not disappoint them. In company with Mr. Williams, the Superintendent of the Gardens, he cut loose from the earth. But the wind siezed the balloon, and dashed it around like a kite without ballast. Both men were dashed to the ground. Prof. Colgrove was killed, and Mr. Williams was supposed to be injured fatally. People who would ask a man to enter "the jaws of death" for their amusement, would be pleased with a bull fight. Now, too late, the amusement will probably be stopped.

Two men who ascended in a balloon are missing in Illinois. No trace of them has been discovered.