ÆRONAUTS FIRED UPON
THREE KILLED; OXE WOUNDED. By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright St. Petersburg, August 12. Russian guards fired at a (iernian balloon crossing the iSilesian frontier near Prozeliuka and compelled a descent. Three aeronauts were killed and a fourth seriously wounded. The (icriiians state that the Russians opened lire before the balloon crossed the frontier.
A RUSSIAN DENIAL.
Received 13, 10.45 p.m. ™ „., . Rt Petersburg, August 13. The Silcßian frontier incident is contradicted. It is officially stated that the aeronauts were merely detained and their passports examined, bcin<* allowed to depart
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 173, 14 August 1909, Page 2
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