SENSATIONAL BALLOON ACCIDENT.
THREE MEN KILLED. FOURTH MAN HAS FEARFUL EXPERIENCE. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Received April 4, 11.40 p.m. Berlin, April 4.
Thousands of spectators at Stettin gathered to watch the flight of the balloon "Ponimern" with four ■passengers', including Dr Delbrueck, Reichstag deputy for Stettin. As it cleared the ground it wis driven against telegraph, wires and a factory chimney. The netting was torn and threatened to detach from ,the car. The terrified onlookers watched the balloon for 2800 feet, when it vanished s'eawards, the car hanging by a few strands at a Sickening angle. The "Pommern" was next sighted 80 miles away at a height of 1500 feet. Tt 'fell with a terrible speed into the Baltic sea. Three of the passengers', including Dr Delbrueck, were killed, and the one survivor was badly injured. He gave a thrilling narrative of the three hours' voyage, during which ihe was expecting constant death. i
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 355, 5 April 1910, Page 5
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154SENSATIONAL BALLOON ACCIDENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 355, 5 April 1910, Page 5
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