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Show Aeronauts Crushed to Death. Moulins, Franco. Tho French dlrlg- -Ible military balloon Ropubllquo ox- T ploded In the nlr flvo miles from hero j on Saturday, and was wrecked. Tho four men on board wero killed. They : wero Cnpta'n Marshal, Lieutenant Chaure, Sub-Lieutenants Vlncenot and Roux. The Ropubllquo left La Pallsse at 7 a. m., and passed Moulns at a quarter beroro 9, going at a high rato of speed and apparently under control. Nothing presaged tho torrlblo catastrophe catas-trophe which occurred a few mlnutoa t later. Without warning, tho airship exploded with a loud report. At tho tlmo she was at an altitude of moro than 300 feet. -The wrecked car fell to the ground, and tho four men on board were crushed to death. |