BALLOONISTS LOST
FALL INTO LAKE ERIE.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COFTWGHT.)
(EEUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (Received 10th July, 1 p.m.)
NEW YORK, 9th July. A navy balloon which left Indianapolis on Tuesday in a national race was found floating in Lake Erie. The basket was torn from the balloon, and Lieutenants Roth and Null are missing. Hope of their discovery has been abandoned. Their log describes briefly a struggle ■with storms for many hours before the ropes broke.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1923, Page 8
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74BALLOONISTS LOST Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1923, Page 8
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