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OJean, Sept. 14.—Within full view ofeight thousand people who were at the race track Friday afternoon, besides t hundreds more throughout the city, who were watching for the balloon ascension. ifisa Carrie Myers, the daring aeronaut, plunged 1,000 feet to her death. It was one of the most awful and heartrending fatalities that ever took place In this city. Friday's ascension was the fourth that Miss Myers had made here during the week, she having been engaged by the management of the Olean fair and races, to give a daily exhibition, constating of a balloon ascension and double parachute leap. The three previous exhib^ itions had been thoroughly successful, and the generally expressed opinion was that Miss Myere' work was the beat ever seen in this part of the country. The unfortunate young woman ( was in the employ of the American ^ Balloon Go., of Boston. Mass., and had been engaged in the hazardous business of making balloon ascensions for the past five years, without ever meeting with any serious acci-
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Wellsville Allegany County Reporter
Wellsville, New York, US
Tue, Sep 17, 1907
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