BALLOON STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
FLYING ABOVE THE CLOUDS.
TWO PASSENGERS - -KILLED:
By Telegraph Press Association.—Copyright.
Berlin, October 21. While a balloon was flying above thunderclouds at Butterfelt to-day. it was struck by lightning. The gas exploded, and the deflated balloon fell to j earth, both passengers, Lieutenant Stichler and Herr Goehrinke, being killed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15131, 23 October 1912, Page 7
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53BALLOON STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15131, 23 October 1912, Page 7
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