PARACHUTIST'S FATE.
FALLS 2000 FEET INTO A RIVER. A terrible accident occurred iii New Jorsey, U.S.A., at a spot near tho' Passaic River, where a parachutist was billed to giro an'exhibition. Tho balloon carrying thg aeronaut duly ascended, and' when it • had reached a height of about 2000 feet tho man roleased tho parachute, but attached'to the trapezo was a largo Amorican flag, and this. becamo entangled in tho parachute,' preventing it opening, and also ■ wrapping itself round tho unfortunato man. ' , Amid shrieks of horror from thousands of spectators, the parachutist fell with fearful volocitv into tho Passaic Rivcf, over which the balloon had drifted. "When taken from the river the man was found tp bo dead, tho flag being still wrapped round. his body.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 253, 18 July 1908, Page 10
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125PARACHUTIST'S FATE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 253, 18 July 1908, Page 10
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