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THE END OF A DREA.M.
TRANS-ATLANTIC
AIRSHIP
GOES TO DESTRUCTION WITH
FIVE LIVES.
ATLANTIC CITY, Tuesday.
Mr. M^Unn Vsuiman, the davits
American balloonist, whose dream it
has been to cross the Atlantic ill a
dirigible halloon. has sairiiiced Ills
own life and those of four others
to his ambiiiofh
Mr. Yaniman has twice started out
to cross the Atlantic. The first time
his balloon fell into the sea out of
siylit of land, and he was lucky io
be pieked tip by a ship, and in November
last, owincf to an insufllcient supply j
of gas. he was obliged to land neir
Atlantic City. A trial flight now has
co?t him his life.
Mr. Melvin Yaniman, his brother
Colvin, and three other men started
out in the big dirigi'.ile. At an alti
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t.u(j0 0f jooo feet the balloon expioil'
;
and the five men were instantly killed
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In the full view of 3000 spectators-.
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The airship was seen by those on
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earth to burst into flames, and then
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it fell like a plummet. The bodiss
wero entangled in the wreckage,
which fell into the sea.
Mr. Frank A. Sieberling, president
of tlie Chamber of Commerce of
Akron, was bearing the entire expense
of the expedition, between £25,000
and £30,000.
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