Captain Harry Owen Spencet, the' famous balloonist, was killed by a soft. fall from a roof at Rugby attempting to rescue a jed balloon in which his 1 ar-old son Percival had made a -d-deacent from 500ft., former fora: halfpenny: per gall than they have boon receiving. an Meantime, all our sympathy is with the, taxiners, Sir Oliver: Lodge Breaches "The. British Association, which fs meeting' at Glasgow, hae not} contributed quite-as many surprises as usual, although the: newspapere: have done: their best: to. work up.
'Those; commenced' on 'Sunday, when amazing scenes -0c-curred' outside... the Wallington, (United, Free: Church of' Scotland): Church "when. Sir Oliver "Lodge preached.. Traffic. was- held the, huge: crowds, and Sir Oliver} was called upon, to give. his. sermon, pecan beg to hour before. the church, Vaich "ands wide, a as. due to begin. the.
university, was packed, and a, crowd estimated at.7,000°or 8,000. was unaway. Ho first of. all. let down huge "ing, on which his son bad, been' aitting during the secant, and, fore it iui ta the bape od seech away:"in. a. breathhes race. just. be-
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