THE BALLOON FATALITY
London, June 2. The King expressed grief and anxiety rog.tding the fate of Die missing aeronauts. Tlk.' cordage of tin. 1 balloon and the ear were not damaged. The safety valve was closed. Keceivod 3rd., 10.20 p.m. London, -Juno 3. The balloonist*, while passing, shouted lo the inhabitants of Wintcrbuurne Abbas to clutch the rope, which was dangling level with the roofs of llic house.--. Almost immediately the balloon soared seawards. One of the occupants was seen in the rigging apparently endeavoring lo do something to the mechanism.
Keecived 3rd, 11.44 p.m. London. June 3. 'I he balloon was very near the ground at several places in Dorsetshire and the olliivr.-; could have slipped down the rope. They carried no grapnels, VVA I'MAI» FATALITY JX ITALY. lleceived 3rd, 10.20 p.m. Nome. Jnne 3. The King and Queen of Italy were participating in a national fete when lightning set fire to a military balloon, precipitating the occupant, Captain Ulivet.'i to the ground. The King spent half an hour at the bedside in the hospital, where later I'livelli succumbed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 4 June 1907, Page 2
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180THE BALLOON FATALITY Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 4 June 1907, Page 2
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