SENSATIONAL FATALITY.
CARRIED Ul' BY A BALLOON. BOY DROPS TWO THOUSAND FEET. By Cubic—Press Association—Copyright. Received 2. 12.20 a.m. New York, September 1. A small boy accidentally caught a rope attached to a balloon at Flint, Michigan, and was lifted up two thousand feet in mid-air. The jieronaut worked frantically to pull the rope which the boy was clinging to into the car, but failed, und the body fell to the earth and crashed through the roof of a barn. A huge crowd witnessed the accident. Many women fainted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 90, 2 September 1912, Page 5
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89SENSATIONAL FATALITY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 90, 2 September 1912, Page 5
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