How many people remember tho tremendous sensation caused by the complete disappearance ot a nionlberor larlianient in n balloon nearly forty years n«o? asks an I.nglish paper. ill. • Powell, M.P. for Miilintslinry. made a balloon ciseenL l'rom Until in December. 1881, accompanied by two experience aeronauts, and owii:;c to the uniavour.-ole weather the ve-wsl v.-a.i brought close to the earth near Uridport. where tho two aeronauts fell out of tho ear. Instantly tho balloon shot upwards and was blown out to sea, with its hapless occupant, who was ignorant of such aeronautics as then prevailed. Neither ho nor tho balloon was over heard of again. For n week or two tho nowspapers reported nil kinds of rumours and conjectures, but Mj. Powell's fato ha 6, of ccrnreo, never beon precisely ascertained.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 277, 19 August 1919, Page 5
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131Untitled Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 277, 19 August 1919, Page 5
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