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Perilous Situation of Major Money

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Date
1833
Description
Clipping from a 1833 Saturday Magazine article on ballooning history. An illustration shows Major John Money clinging to his wrecked balloon after it burst and descended in the German Ocean (North Sea) on July 23, 1785. The accompanying text details the wreck and rescue off the coast of Yarmouth.
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