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Balloon plot in Italy ends with peril and escape
Special correspondent Moreton Stowe stumbles into a deadly scheme around Professor Mantegazza who, with Sedgewick, plans a gas balloon to rival a rival inventor. Stowe exposes the plot after rescuing Sedgewick, is captured, escapes, and survives a perilous voyage toward Vesuvius, with authorities concluding the affair as they close in.
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