Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1910 — FOOLHARDY FLORA [ARTICLE]

FOOLHARDY FLORA

And Professional Aeronaut Fell Fifty Feet, But Both Live. Mun.cie, Ind., July 17. —James Bedwell, of Hartford City, an aeronaut, advertised for women to make a balloon ascension with him. To-day, in the presence of thousands here, he and Miss Flora Bush, aged 17 years, started to make an ascension when their weight , caused the bag to rip and they fell fifty feet to the ground. She landed on him and his leg was fractured, lie is in a hospital. She fainted and, on reviving, became hysterical from fright, but will recover.