LUCKY AERONAUTS.
FALL OF 6000 FEET. BALLOON TURNED PARACHUTE. CROWD RELIEVED. (BI TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COniUGnT.) (Rec. October 1, 0.40 a.m.) London, September 30. When at a height of 6000 ft. above Dusseldorf, a sudden expansion of gas ripped tho envelope of Captain Abereron's balloon, which plungid headlong for 2000 ft. • Tho torn onvelopo then spread and formed a sort of parachute. Captain Abereron and Lieutenant Goltzheim wero thus able to alight with their feet, greatly to the relief of an agitated crowd.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 316, 1 October 1908, Page 7
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