FIRED BY ELECTRICITY.
ACCIDENT TO A BALLOON.
By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. Berlin, March 19. A balloon manned by two officers broke from its moorings at Bischeim and drifted, dragging a steel rope. The rope touched a high tension wire, which became short-circuited, and the balloon caught fire and fell. Both officers were badly injured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14947, 21 March 1912, Page 7
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