THE MISSING AERONAUTS.
. Received June 3, 8.46 a.m. LONDON, June 2King Edward has expressed grief anxiety at the fate of the mitsingjaeronauts. The cordage of the balloon and the car was not damaged. The safely, valve was closed. Received June 3, 10.20 p.m.. LONDON, June 3.. The balloonists, in passing, shouted to the inhabitants of Winterborne Abbas to clutch a rope which was dangling level with the roofs. Almost immediately the balloon soared seawards. One of the occupants was seen in the rigging apparently endeavouring to do something to the mechanism. Received June 3, 11.44 p.m. LONDON, June 3. The balloon was very near the ground in several places at Dorsetshire. The officers could have slipped down the rope. They carried no grapnels.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8455, 4 June 1907, Page 4
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123THE MISSING AERONAUTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8455, 4 June 1907, Page 4
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