Oslo, Nov, 26.
On person was killed and two were injured when a British barrage balloon, which had gone adrift, was being pulled to the ground as it was flying over Mandal in southern Norway today.
A number of persons on the ground, managed to catch a rope hanging from the balloon and were doing their utmost to bring it down. The balloon had nearly touched the ground when a bystander struck a match and thus caused the gas in the balloon to explode. One person was killed and two injured. A few seconds before the balloon exploded. the rope damaged some high-tension cables.
The balloon bore the British marking:" SFZ 162" and was the third sighted over Norway. The two others were seen over Jaeren in south-western Norway and over Arendal respectively—Havas,
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