AERIAL FRONTIERS.
GERMAN BALLOONISTS DETAINED BY •' RUSSIANS. REPORTED SHOOTING ' DENIED. (By Telegrapbi-Fregg AtsQolatloD.-GopjrlihU . St. Potorsburgi August 12. Russian guards firod -at a: German balloon,: vrhioh was cfroeslng the Silesian frontier near Prozelalka, and compelled its desoent. ■ Three of the aeronauts in the. balloon were tilled, and/a fourth was seriously" pounded. Tho Germans state \tkat the Russians oponed fire before the 1 ' balloon,oroaaed tho frontier. -■ • : ■ ■' , • ONLY A MATTER OF; PASSPORTS. : • (R«V August 13, 10.45 p.m.) ' st, Petersburg, August 13. The reported details of the Silesian frontier incident are-contradicted. It is officially stated; that'the aeronauts wore, merely detained until their passports were examined. They were then allowed to depart;' f •. '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19090814.2.28
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 5
Word Count
108AERIAL FRONTIERS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in