A BALLOON IN A THUNDER CLOUD.
An exciting balloon adventure took place; in! the; suburbs of Vienna. M. Goddard, accompanied by three journalists, went: up in his great balloon. ‘ The voyage, according to the aeronaut himself, was the shortest and most perilous he had ever made. After descending to a height of 3,800 feet, M. Goddard found that the balloon was . driving along between two thunder storms. In order to. ayoid. imminent : danger from the lightning' he resolved at once to descend. The balloon came down with great rapidity, but it had no sooner escaped the electric fluid than it was threatened with another danger not less greater. It seemed that nothing could save it from falling into the midstream of thef'Danube. By great exertion, howeyer, the aeronaut succeeded in bringing the, balloon to the ground in a wood a fesy. feet from the bank of the river, and landed His companions and himself, in safety.; ,t
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2740, 4 January 1882, Page 3
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157A BALLOON IN A THUNDER CLOUD. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2740, 4 January 1882, Page 3
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