Show BALLOON FELL INTO THE SEA th three ee men killed and one injured when balloon was caught in storm storm and dropped into water stettin germany the german germain balloon pommern Pom mern which made nn an ascension here sunday afternoon met with i a series of accidents which ended in a disaster in the baltic sea under most tragic circumstances three men lost their lives including the radical member of the reichstag werner hugo del brueck herr del brueck and another member of the party were drow drowned neit a third occupant of the car was picked up unconscious and died from ills his injuries while the fourth was rescued in a serious condition con dlton diton the pommern Pom mern carrying del brueck who was acting as pilot a banker herr elhardt an architect herr benduhn Bein duhn and a man named heln hein ascended early in the afternoon at the gas works the wind at the time was blowing a hurricane and the pommern broke away before she had been completely ballasted ballested bal lasted the chapter of accidents began immediately dedia tely the balloon collided with telegraph wires which broke almost overturning the basket it then dashed against the roof of a neighboring factory fab tory destroying the smokestack with the basket swaying wildly wild and half of its ropes cut the ial loon soared to a great altitude arid and disappeared in the clouds at a terrific speed thousands of onlookers including a detachment of sollers soldiers which had assisted in the ascent ran along the roads expecting the basket to break bleak away the balloon however was not seen again until it reached Swin munde thirty six miles northwest I 1 of stettin ovar ove r which it pas passed sed at a height of feet in the direction of the sea tugs followed in its track and one of them which 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 rescue was difficult already brueck and bendhan had disappeared but som delhardt mel hardt and heln hein were cAn gling to the ropes and they were dragged aboard the vessel |