VICTIM OF BALLOON
LASSOED BY CABLE END Rec. 5.5 p.m. London, Sept, 16. At an inquest on a railwayman, Daniel Dunsden, it was revealed that the trailing cable of a breakaway barrage balloon lassoed him around the waist, lifting him up, crashing his head against a telephone box and breaking his neck. The balloon drifted off to sea.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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58VICTIM OF BALLOON Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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