UP IN A BURNING BALLOON. Horrible Death of an Aeronaut on His First Ascension.
Charleston (W. Va.), J«»© 19..— This afternoon a most frightful accident hap. pened on the circus ground just prior to the opening of the performance of Richards and Leon's Circas, Among other outdoor at-
traotiona was a balloon ascension, and just as the ropes holding the balloon were cast off, the overturned of the hot-air stove used | in inflating the balloon caused it to catch fire. The burning balloon shot up into the air at a very rapid rate, with William Patterson, the aeronaut, in the basket. When a short distance up, the crowd yelled to him to jump, but he did not heed the warning. After going up several hundred feet the balloon collapsed, and Patterson fell to earth a crushed and lifeless mass. Patterson was 22 years old, and resided inWellsville, 0., where he leaves a wife and family. It was his first ascension. The balloon was totolly consumed.
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Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 113, 1 August 1885, Page 5
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165UP IN A BURNING BALLOON. Horrible Death of an Aeronaut on His First Ascension. Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 113, 1 August 1885, Page 5
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