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Horrible Bftlloon Accident.Last Saturday c von jog, near I* noli,0 rug go County, Ind., Prof. Wilbur mud a urun£omejita for a ImIIoou aacen-aloH, lie van to bo accompanied by Uoorgo 11. Knapp, . editor of the Orauge Count;1 I’nion. Just, us they were about getting into tho balloon, the cords gave way, ami thoy made a spring for tLc car, but only succeeded in grasping ibo ropes. A3 tbo balloon ropi; Knapp let go fiud foil at a height of about thirty font wubout serious injury. Pruftssov Wilbur h^ld u« and altvinptod to climb tutu the busket, but was nimble to do so, mid lUo h»l-j hum ulioc- up x*spiiily, *,71 tlx l3ic IV'fifl.’.-• sin1 himgi 11jr 1. elow. TU0 specuiors• ware thrilled with horror- \l tho lorri-1 bh; r-wte, which ended in a dreadful^ moaner At a height- of about one . tuile the dooiued Hiun looncd hi* bold: atJii eauiiMT ;ivltJij- to tl«c* rartb At tho hoightiio hud obtained ho locked like a stick about- u foot lung, As bo approached tlie earth he Was coming dotvn loot foremost, then spread out , Lumen tally, then doubled, np aud i turned over, thon straightened out, j head downward. As ho* struck the | earth be foil upon his head, 'l’ho back• of his head was mashed into a□ undio: tinguishab a muss, and the body was \ bruised and crushed horribly. The : concussion was so great lhut halt u gal-I Ion of’ dotted blood was thrown fcoiu tilg mouth. His body iuade.au indenture ia the ground eight inches deep, and rebounded ubuut low feet from where it struck. To add to the awful character of tho accidout, the Profea sor’n yfmuj» wil’ft and little daughter were ou the ground and witnessed tlio terriblo affiir. The remains of tho uuibrtnuato mao wore proporly cared for, and buried at Pauli yesterday afternoon.
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Dixon Telegraph and Herald
Dixon, Illinois, US
Thu, Oct 05, 1871
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