Show I I II I BALLOONIST I I HURLED TO O DEATH DEAT I I Fired Himself from froni Mouth ol of Cannon Half a Mile In Inthe Inthe I the Air I PARACHUTE PARACHUTE DID NOT WORK Father of Aeronaut Among the Thousands Who Witnessed His Frightful Fall S N New w Haven Conn Aug 17 a horror Terror stricken crowd Of or thousands of or n pc-ople t Kob M-l M French of or ore West e t Haven n. n O- O year old aeronaut 1 in t was Instantly killed kit leil by y ry a J. J fall of or malt half a I. I nulls milt from a P. balloon balloo at atS near here re tInts tills S ni-en ni n Rock lotI a large larso park Tine The failure allure of his parachute parachute- 0 o open M I II h ho lic- wn was shot hot out o of n nOli oil from the tho t hy inh hyoung A f nou r rr tl tell IY oung lIng t r l ranch t ud d huts cenlin N iX Iya a J. J row fow 1 u D. D uch thai lh thio-r thio l ho hn r t ngu uY tb n- n I u C. C LII tire tm vf h hU o. o be r l' L I t lh Ih re VOt at V and 11 a elf de- c ent nt by bV tU lt rodn roday ho Inn YUH 0 to trial of or shot from a n mn mUe rak Ills InIC lir l In the tho all air annon while th the balloon was ui iuni the Hie S1 f test rat at had hart b been tn widely ad- ad Ch Uy 11 Crowd I. it there ther i ft When iiA t French i a Hh of r ppl a-ppl applause Stepping Slopping to lo the balloon hal bal and smiled Icon loon he be sat upon the cannon cannon- bal 1 without the OH slightest show Rho of or fear When hen waved hl his hand hanri the 1 balloon rose roe French I Ite to te the people and smiled before the I a few moments It was wan only on balloon W was R more th titan than n half hair a l mile In lii the theair Indistinctly air French could be seen mo ln about upon the ropes The crowd walled waited expectantly as he be climbed climber inside the cannon and prepared lo to fire It Suddenly there was a a. flash Clash and French mouth and started start starl- the cartoons cannons shot hol out of o not nol did The parachute ed 11 downward at apprehensive t open but no on one was would right nr first l believing that It before he lie had dropped far French shot rapidity increasing With Hh still toward the earth and the parachute remained rc closed He was about half wa way onlookers realized that thai down before the he lie fell something was wa-s wrong As At with the Ow speed of a 1 comet cornel a low cry cr ol of crowd Then th hut horror went lI up from the n i ft l screamed med aud and became hyster L' L hysterical ca women Here and there then In the tIne throngs came cries dropped to tine the women for or water as ri other oilier S ml swooning ground gro the he people gazed filim came n me a silence as He the tine taIling falling man unable rhe fascinated fascinate upon to avert ave their eyes es Struck On on 01 Darn Barn Hoof almo almost l tore a hole h In With lIh a force that iti toot root French landed landell on top lop op of a a- barn about a quarter Q r of a D. anile from rom tIne the park and humped bumped to the ground Ills IHs father who wIno Is the chief of police pOliN of Or Savin Rock flock and who was In the th that th lt witnessed d tIne the ascension was where his son on's ons s reach ch the lie spot th the first to r ra and man man- mangled lOd body d 1 ha lay 1 It was found crushed manI I almot beyond recognition The rue ropo rope I Io was still sun clutched clutch clutch- the useless listless parachute or of o ert ed In to ht his hand It had become tangled and prevented the parachute lle opening opening- I I |