Ogden Morning Examiner and Morning Standard | 1909-06-27 | Page 1 | Balloon is Swept out to Sea and Desroyed

BALLOON IS SWEPT OUTTO OUT OUTTO TO T SEA AND New York June 26 Torn front from its moorings of stout ropes as UI If they the were BO so o many ninny strings the tho great balloon Pommern which won the Lahm cup In Inthe Int Inthe the t International race two years cars ago alo which was being Inflated at Coney Coner Island Island island and yesterday was swept out to sen sea and in the midst of a veritable cloud cloudburst cloudburst burst struck by hy lightning and ani almost almot consumed Four Font women who were III in tho ho basket of the balLoon making things snug mu narrowly escaped with their lives by br Jumping out of or the Iho car caras caras as OR the lie big bl gus gas lung bag soared suddenly away awa As the basket was whipped Into the theair theaIr air 1111 It swung against the side sille of or the Natatorium and and demolished half a dozen windows The wind which from irom tho the gentlest kind af f a breeze rose lose to a 9 hour gale almost in Iho ilie twinkling of an all au eye l c throve drove the lie hal bal balloon loon straight toward the thc open ocean Later the th lightning struck it