Show BALLOON FELL INTO THE SEA three men killed and one injured when balloon was caught ip in storm and dropped into water stettin germany the german germa n balloon pommern Pom mern which made an ascension cension here sunday afternoon met with 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 drownda nea a third occupant of the car was picked up unconscious and died from his injuries J url as 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 somines elhardt hard t an architect herr benduhn and a nian man named 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 the balloon collided with telegraph wires which broke almost overturning the basket it then dashed against the roof of a neighboring factory destroying the smokestack with the basket swaying wildly and halt half of its ropes cut we me balloon soared to a great altitude de and disappeared in the clouds at a terii terranc lle speed thousands of onlookers including a detachment of soldiers which had assisted in the ascent ran along the roads expecting the basket to break away the balloon however was not seen again until it reached win 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 biad h ad 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 ha biad d disappeared but som delhardt mel hardt and hein were clinging to the ropes and they were dragged aboard the vessel |