Show mm BALLOON FELL THE SEA SE A three men killed and one injured when balloon wi was cat in storm and dropped into water stettin germany the german bal bat loon Pom mern which made an a aacen elon slon here sunday afternoon met with a series ot of accidents which ended in a disaster in the baltic sea under most tragic circumstances three men lost their lives the he radical member of the werner hugo del bruek ifera del gryeck 14 jeck and another mem ber of the party were drowned a third occupant of the car was picked up unconscious and died from bla his in juries while the fourth was rescued in a serious con dlton the pommern Pom mern carrying del brueck who was acting as pilot a banker herr elhardt an architect benduhn and a man named hein anc ascended ended early in to the afternoon at the fis gas works the wind at the time ta M was blowing a hurr hurricane feane and I 1 the th broke away before she had been completely ballasted the chapter of accidents began im andi mediately tely the balloon collided with telegraph wires which broke almost overturning the basket it then dash das h ed against the root of a neighboring factory destroying the smokestack with the basket swaying wildly and halt half of its rope ropes cut me balloon soared to a great altitude and disappeared cisal la in the clouds at a terrific speed thousands oc of onlookers ra rs in eluding a detachment ot of soldiers which bad asi asid sted in the ascent ran along the roads expecting the basket to break away the balloon however was not seen again until it reached Swin munde thirty six miles northwest of stettin over which it passed at a height of feet in the direction of the sea tugs followed in its track and one of them which bad had outdistanced the others was almost directly under it when suddenly the balloon fell into the sea the tug steamed quickly but the work of res cue was difficult dittl cult already brueck and bendhan had hod disappeared ared but som and hein were clinging to the ropes and they were dragged dragge d aboard the vessel |