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The L'anse Sentinel
L'anse, Baraga County, Michigan
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Louis Girard, an aeronaut with the Stafford troupe, fell 150 feet from a collapsing hot air balloon at the Bristol County Fair in Taunton, Mass., on Sept. 25, dying from injuries witnessed by 15,000-20,000 people. The planned triple ascension involved Prof. and Mlle. Stafford, but Mlle. was sidelined by an accident.
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Louis Girard, Who Goes Up In Hot Air Balloon at Taunton, Mass., Falls 150 Feet.
Taunton, Mass., Sept. 25.—In full sight of a crowd variously estimated at from 15,000 to 20,000 people, Louis Girard, one of the aeronauts with the Stafford troupe, fell 150 feet with a collapsed hot air balloon at the Bristol county fair Wednesday, and died in an hour afterwards from his injuries. The ascension and parachute drop following were to have been a triple one, participated in by Prof. and Mlle. Stafford and Girard. When the balloon ascended Mlle. Stafford was prevented from accompanying it by a slight accident.
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Taunton, Mass., Bristol County Fair
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Sept. 25, Wednesday
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Louis Girard ascended in a hot air balloon at the fair but fell 150 feet when it collapsed, dying from injuries an hour later in front of a large crowd. The event was meant to be a triple ascension with Prof. and Mlle. Stafford, but Mlle. was unable to join due to an accident.