Stray balloon
(N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) LONDON. Mrs Sheila Laidlaw did not know quite w'hat to do when her house at Ash Vale was plunged into darkness at mid-afternoon. She said: “The sun just stopped shining and I was very frightened.” No, the end of the world had not come — an army barrage balloon had broken away from its mooring at a nearby military installation and descended on Mrs Laidlaw’s house.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34146, 6 May 1976, Page 6
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70Stray balloon Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34146, 6 May 1976, Page 6
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