SENSATIONAL BALLOON ACCIDENT.
TWO AERONAUTS KILLED. [Peb Press Association.—Copyright.] BERLIN, June 13. A sensational accident occurred here. An aeronaut named Woelfert and his assistant were testing an aerial machine. When at a height of 3,000 ft above the city the balloon caught fire, and the car in which they were felL travelling through the air enshrouded in flames. Both aeronauts were killed, their bodies being terribly burned.
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Evening Star, Issue 10340, 14 June 1897, Page 2
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67SENSATIONAL BALLOON ACCIDENT. Evening Star, Issue 10340, 14 June 1897, Page 2
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