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La poste par pigeons voyageurs: Souvenir du siége de Paris
M. Dagron et M. Fernique taient envoys par M. Rampont, directeur gnral des Postes, avec l'approbation de M. Picard, ministre des finances, pour tablir en province un service de dpches photomicroscopiques que l'on devait envoyer Paris au moyen de pigeons voyageurs. Ce service tait rgl par un dcret du 10 novembre 1870, et devait tre install Clermont-Ferrand. M. Fernique devait, outre sa collaboration aux travaux de M. Dagron, apporter tous ses soins l'organisation du service par pigeons, et mettre aussi en uvre un systme de correspondance fluviale que la dlgation ne voulut pas pratiquer. Au dpart des deux ballons, le vent portait en plein est. Nous partmes nanmoins accompagns des vifs tmoignages de sympathie d'un grand nombre de personnes venues pour assister notre dpart, la russite de cette expdition postale devant apaiser tant de justes inquitudes dans Paris. Arriv au-dessus des lignes prussiennes, le Niepce fut, ainsi que son compagnon de route, le Daguerre, accueilli par une vive fusillade. A une hauteur de huit cents mtres les balles sifflaient autour de nous. Le Daguerre fut atteint, et nous le vmes, le cur serr, descendre vertigineusement et tomber sur le mur d'une ferme quelques lieues de Paris; nous savons maintenant que c'tait prs de Ferrires. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 19588
Author: Dagron, Prudent René-Patrice
Release Date: Oct 19, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: French
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