Tuesday, 6 November 2012

7th November 1786


Frost.  A few days ago a Balloon supposed  to have been let off at Birmingham  fell at Cheadle in Staffordshire, The farmers took it into a two pair of stairs room, and attempted to blow it up again with a pair of bellows, during which one of them approaching too near with a candle, the remaining inflammable air tore off the wainscot, broke all the furniture, and drove out the casement to a considerable distance, but did no damage to the Bystanders, except singeing their hair

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