BALLOON VOYAGE ACROSS THE BRITISH CHANNEL.
On June 10th, Sir Claude de Crespigny attempted to ascend from Maiden in Mr Simmons’s balloon with the intention of crossing to Calais, himself and Mr Simmons being the only passengers. Shortly after ascending, the balloon owing to a violent gale bounded against a brick wall, fracturing Sir Claude’s leg. He fell out from a height of fifteen feet. Mr Simmons afterwards ascended alone. According to a bulletin issued by Dr. Zutieridge on Saturday night, Sir Claude is out of all danger, and progressing favorably. The injuries consist of a fracture of both bones of the loft leg three inches from the ankle, and a serious grazing of the left leg. Two or three of the men who held the balloon were jammed against the wall. One man named Shuttleworth sustained severe injuries. This balloon is the same in which Col. Byrne attempted to cross the Channel some months ago. The balloon dropped near Arras, twenty-five miles from the north coast of Prance, at two o’clock. Mr Simmons telegraphed that the distanced travelled was 170 miles, and the weather bad.
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Patea Mail, 28 July 1882, Page 3
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