PERILS OF BALLOONING.
Higgings, the well known aeronaut, is giving exhibitions -at Eofield . He ■ccidentally dronped the parachute just as he was preparing to. descend. He caught the balaon netting, and thus suspended, travelled miles hanging m mid air. The accident was witnessed by thousands of people, and a great panic prevailed. A certain death seemed to await the aeronaut, who, however, escaped with only a few bruises.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2015, 17 December 1888, Page 2
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68PERILS OF BALLOONING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2015, 17 December 1888, Page 2
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