Show DASHED TO DEATH FROMA FROM A BALLOON Italian Monarchs Witness the Tragic Fate of Daring Officer Home June Junc 2 hut What was meant to have lIa been a Su guy gay military pageant was turned turne Into a tragedy r to today a when Captain Cap Cap- tam tain was dashed ashe to death from a balloon b before c the e eyes es of oC King Victor Emmanuel an and Queen Helena as well ell as at several Se thou thousand spectators There diem was u Ii grand review re of ur time the troops b by the tho king an and queen an and parlor part parl of or tho the manCU Ies wa was to have ha consisted con con- Isted of or war balloon ascensions Mo Most t tor of or the time spectators ha had como come especially for fur this but clouds gathered an and the military authorities wanted to to cut cutout u out t q that lt feature of or the time program C Captain how however howel el wanted wante to show how his daring lc his king an and uli and Insisted on un going up Ills His balloon ha had reached reache u u. hel height ht of ur i O f feet el when the broke and a fla flash h hor of or lightning struck the gas bag baS A Acry Acry I cr cry of or horror went vent up from tho lie spectator spec spec- when the they saw a big bib burst of or llamas shoot hoot from flum nun lie bag ag- ag and the next Instant the tho collapsed collapse balloon with viii UK its dangling aeronaut dashed toward toward to to- tOward tO- tO ward the time earth At first the balloon descended slowly but then su suddenly enl It dropped loppe like a shot into ti lL field about a milea mile away a from Crom the stand ll on which time tho king IOnS and amid queen were beale seated Heated All of those on the reviewing stand tun an and most of or the lime spectators tol'S s saw w the car strike the thc earth and almost everyone crono made a rush for fOl the lie place where the captain ha had fallen rallen Because e Of r lie tho gl gloat cot Clow crowd about the time collapsed collapse balloon the surgeons had hada a difficult time reaching the time injured Injure and amid the they timey finally got ot his bo body out of or the thc wreckage thc they found round he lie was AVOS i unconscious clous but still hi lug ing lie He was Avas hurried to a hospital where re It seemed at first Hist a as if it he ho had hud hada huda a U chanco to tim recover reco King Victor and many of or the time high bight military culled called at the hospital and lind Inquired as to tho pall patients patient's nl's con condi condi- l- l tion He lie He tiled lied shortly after aCter reaching tho time hospital As a a result of or the time accident all the time theother other balloon ascensions luns were vere aban aban- I |