"Meantime the balloon, having emptied itself, came flip-flapping down like a huge fish, and fell into the water close to Holt's Godowns.
"Everyone agreed that it was a splendid performance and had a collection bag been passed round, there is little doubt that the aeronaut's recompense would have been considerably enhanced. We understand that another ascent is contemplated soon. Opinions vary as to the time occupied and the height ascended but as near as we could judge, the balloon ascended for about two minutes and the parachute came down in about three minutes, the height being about 1,500 feet.
Quite a number of older residents of the Colony probably remember that ascent and parachute leap: the details of which are so graphically conveyed in the newspaper's story.
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