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Settlements: Balloon episode at Buckland

A Buckland fete was the venue for a popular spectacle involving a woman ascending in a so called smoke balloon,which was just large cotton bag filled with hot air emanating from a fire covered with damp straw, and parachuting back to the launch point. On this occasion Miss Fleet the intrepid entertainer was carried away by a strong wind with dramatic results.

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