BALLOON ACCIDENT.
Press Assn— By telegraph—Copyright. / ST. PETERSBURG, yesterday. A ballooning accident occurred at St. Petersburg. When nearly a mile high, the military balloon, the "Vanovsty," riped, owing to the accidental pulling of the emergency j valve, and she descended with frightful velocity. Of the four occupants of the car, M. Politzan, Court Chamberlain, was killed, and his wife fatally injured. The "Vanovsty" in a former aeeident caused the death of four officials.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 298, 21 June 1909, Page 2
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73BALLOON ACCIDENT. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 298, 21 June 1909, Page 2
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