THRILLING ADVENTURE.
BALLOONIST'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE A PANIC-STRICKEN MULTITUDE. London, Dec. 15. Higgins, the well known aeronaut, while giving an exhibition at Enfield accidentally dropped the parachute just as he was preparing to descend. He caught the balloon netting, and thus suspended travelled miles hanging in mid-air. The accident was witnessed by a thousand people, and a great panic prevailed as certain death seemed to await the aeronaut, who, however, escaped with only a few bruises.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 236, 18 December 1888, Page 2
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75THRILLING ADVENTURE. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 236, 18 December 1888, Page 2
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