AERIAL VOYAGE.
ACROSS THE CHANNEL IN A BALLOON. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrighl Received 9.50 p.m,, Sept. 28. London, Sept. 28.
Ascending at Saint Cloud, near Paris, in a steady but light south to south-easterly breeze, a balloon carried Count Delavango and two companions across the English Channel, along the Eastern Counties, and over the town of Hull. At 11 o’clock next morning, they alighted in tho vicinity of Hull.
DESCRIPTION OF VOYAGE. By Telegraph—Press 'AssociationCopyright. Received 12.1 a.m., Sept. 29 London, Sept. 28.
M. Delavang, interviewed, stated that he crossed the Thames between Greenwich and Chatham. There was every prospect when in the vicinity of Hull of reaching Scotland, as they had 230 kilograms of sand in reaorve, but the wind changed, threatening to carry thorn out to sea, and compelling them to descend.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1008, 29 September 1903, Page 2
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