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Show !' Hot&t Santof-Damonf Escaped Death A ' I i The Illustration, printed herewith. , i j kotched by a I'arla artist, shows bow j the Intrepid llrillliin aeronaut, M i X j Bunlos Dumout, escaped from death II by bla altahlp. Saiitoa-Dumont V ," . J t being caught between two housra at I S I l'assy lu falling. M. Hiinloa llnmont i was trying to win wllh the airship of ' his own Invention the Deutm-h prlie of 1-0,000. lie had sue ceiled lu rou-.ul-! lug the Klffel tower with difficulty, but j i tla balloon waa then unable to make 1 v headway BKulunt the attong wind i i i which waa blowing, und It fell on one ' . i of the new housea near the Trocnd. ro j and close to tho Heine. Luckily the frame cf the car caught In one of the 5 - ! walla, where It remained suspended. ! llut fur thla, M. Sunt m-Iiumont would probably have been killed. Aa It was, be wua In a must dangerous position v , for over half an hour, bunging in mid air In the email wicker banket which forms the tur lle.e he clung until rwe-. rwe-. , cued by aome workmen, who climbed ' ' over the roofs ot the adjoining houses and let down the guide rope, which had ' fallen on the roof of tlivbulldlngilrurk by the balloon. Suuloa Uninont fastened fasten-ed the rope about his body and waa, with aome dlineulty, hauled up to a place of safety by the workmen. jt - iranrrni , - ' A W I ;. if M ; .;- ''ihl-m Jffc f i'cz "'v |