Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1883 — The Toy Balloon Dangerous. [ARTICLE]

The Toy Balloon Dangerous.

Very few persons are aware of the character of the tjoy balloon now so extensively soldpinuGhb streets. A few days ago a gentleman struck a match to light a cigar, and one of these balloons, happening to come near the blaze exploded, enveloping his head and face in liame, burning off his eyebrows and a portion of his hair and whiskers. It is very evident these balloons are tilled with a highly intlammible gas.