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: Fearful balloon adventure - saved by a Grimsby fishing smack


Fearful balloon adventure - saved by a Grimsby fishing smack

Fearful balloon adventure - saved by a Grimsby fishing smack A woman murdered by her son and daughter. Front page of British illustrated newspaper shows two stories. Above, a man and woman (possibly balloonist Jules Duruof and his wife) cling to a balloon basket in a stormy sea, with rescue boat approaching. Below, five vignettes, each separately captioned, depict a mother's strangulation by her adult children. Date 1874

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10597524
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47444351
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2889px x 3760px (3.2MB)
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Mary Evans / Library of Congress
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Approaching Balloonist Balloonists Captioned Cling Depict Duruof Fearful Grimsby Murdered Saved Separately Smack Stormy Strangulation Tissandier Vignettes


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