A NARROW ESCAPE.
A New Yokk telegram of Augustt 24 says;—Professor T. S. Baldwin hadi »i narrow escape from death yesterday aboßbekaway beach, 4,000 people went to see 'him* drop' 5,000 feet from a balloon. Instead oi'rising; the balloon stretched out borizontally,and, with the aid of a stiff east wind, cam© dowm among the crowd. The balloon was righted, the car taken off, and the Professor made a fresh start, clinging to the iron ring at 'the bottom of the gcis-bag. Some fifty'yardsto the west of the starting-point stood atelegraph pole and six wires, and toward, these the wind sent the air-ship at a high, rate of speed. The crowd saw the danger and became excited. The balloon struck, the wires and broke them like threads, the point of contact being but a short distancefrom the Professor's head. The recoil threw the balloon downward. Baldwin jumped*, to the ground, grabbed a rope and yelled for help to hold it. The crowd rushed to his assistance and the big sphere was dragged to its anchorage again. After several more attempts to rise the Professor gave it up.
All the gondoliers in Venice lately went out on strike because a night service had been started on the Grand Canal. All the bakers in the city also went on strike, and the waiters in the hotels and cafes threatened to go out. Edinburgh is probably the most Presbyterian city in the world. Out of its 181. churches nob fewer than 124 are Presbyr terian.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 8
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251A NARROW ESCAPE. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 8
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