Kent-Tuscola-Ionia County MI Archives News.....Plunges to Death, Portland Aeronaut Killed When His Balloon Burst. July 5, 1910
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Grand Rapids Press July 5, 1910
Plunges To Death
Portland Aeronaut Killed When His Balloon Burst
Another is Injured
Grand Rapids Man May Die from Similar Accident.
James White is Victim of Tragedy and Paul Wenchell Has Small Chance for Recovery.

(Special to The Evening Press) 
Saginaw, July 5. - James White, aged thirty years, of Portland, Mich., met death
in a balloon ascension at Caro yesterday afternoon. White had ascended about 100
feet when his balloon burst and his attempt to cut loose and descend in his
parachute failed, as the balloon fell on the parachute. White was thrown
downward about fifty feet and hit and electric transformer. breaking his neck,
jaw and both legs. He died shortly afterward.
A second accident of a similar nature occurred in Vassar, at almost the same
hour, and as a result, Paul Wenchell, age thirty years of Grand Rapids is
believed to be dying. Wenchell had ascended about four hundred feet when his
balloon began to drop and his parachute failed to work when he attempted to
clear away.  Hie fell the remaining distances and is still unconscious with
little chance of recovery.
The name Paul Wenchell does not appear in the Grand Rapids city directory.












 


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