FRENCH BALLOON DISASTER.
PARIS, April IS. The occupants of a balloon were seen to be in difficulties at Fontenay-sous-Bob, having apparently allowed too much gas to escape. The balloon struck a house-top, and a storm of hail and rain then swept it along for five miles, during which time it drifted against houses and telegraph posts, and finally collapsed. Fivo occupants wero killed.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14645, 21 April 1913, Page 7
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