BALLOON BREAKS AWAY
DAMAGE TO . CHURCH SPIRE DANGER OF COLLAPSE. PARIS, June 12. An extraordinary incident occurred at the French Air Force manoeuvres at Toulouse. A captive balloon escaped and drifted over the village of Balma. The guy ropes became entangled in a church spire and the strain caused it to crack extensively. The • spire is in imminent danger of collapse and the evacuation of all neighbouring houses has been ordered.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21361, 15 June 1931, Page 7
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