AERONAUT’S NARROW ESAAPE
London, /May 19. A French aeronaut leaped from, a Walloon into the Solent. The balloon was descending in a field at /Milford when, a gust of wind carried it out to sea. The aeronaut leaped into the sea in order to Tighten the balloon. He was observed from the beach at Leamington, whore the only available b'at was a leaky derelict, but the rescuers, after hard rowing and bailing, saved thq FVenehmau, who, by this time, was in a. drowning condition.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8597, 21 May 1924, Page 5
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