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Topical Budget 152-1: Balloon Accident at St. Cloud (1914)
 

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"AERONAUTICAL BALLOON ACCIDENT AT ST CLOUD, NEAR PARI". The Rubis balloon is torn open by a gust of wind and falls to the ground; balloons moored to the ground and some men struggling with the cage of one balloon; the Rubis as it ascends; the tear begins and the structure falls to the ground.