Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1910 — DROPS 8.000 FEET TO RIVER [ARTICLE]

DROPS 8.000 FEET TO RIVER

Young Millionaire Has Thrilling Experience on His First Balloon Ascension at St. Louis. St. Louis, June 13.—J. D. Wooster Lambert, a young millionaire, who has just taken up aeronautics as a* sport, dropped from a height of- 8,000 feet into the Mississippi river while making his maiden trip in the 78,000 cubic foot balloon St. Louis No. 3 of the Aero club of St. Louis. Louis von Puhi was the pilot. Both were rescued by a motor boat and escaped with wet feet. The balloon was also saved.