PERILOUS BALLOON VOYAGE.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3874, 16 May 1906, Page 4

PERILOUS BALLOON VOYAGE.

Two German soldiers, Wehh and Jurgens, belonging to the GermFirst Military Airship O’- ■' iD landed on March 25 at T ' *upuny, in Sweden, from a ' left Berlin on th' balloon, which afternoon, s’" previous Saturday afietoe'' nd crossed the Baltic in W .-mow storm.

.ben some miha from the Swedish coast a mishap occurred, and the balloon began to descend rapidly, the gas escaping through a rent caused by the storm. To save their lives the iwo men cut away the basket with its contents, and clung to the net, while the snow storm raged and tbe wind blew the balloon aboir.

After being nearly two hours in this dangerous and uncomfortable position, the acionauis reached the coast and descended in a snowcovered fore.u. One of the soldieis had fainted when ihe balloon was found by some peasants. The natives showed every kindness to the two aeronauts, who left that night on their return to Berlin. The distance covered is approximately 280 miles.