The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-12
MANBIRD CRUSHED
UNDER HIS CRAFT
English Society Out in Force
at Bournemouth Wit
ness Accident.
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yesterday when J. a. DrexeI, the young
American aviator, broke all English
records for altitude flights. was marked
by a serious accident Immediately upon
the resumption Of flights today
N Audemars, a French aviator, fell
in his initial fight and was badly hurt.
Rolls saw yhe accident 10 Audemars,
but after extending sympathy to the in
Jured man, mounted his own machine.
Crack First Warning.
On his flight aroistaa the grounds
Rolls attained terrific speed. He had
just started his descent, still al the
same speed when q sharp cracking
sound was heard
The cause of this was not Under
stood at first but il was attributed
20 the motor Upon invest gaticn
after the accident il was discovered
that the tail OF the biplane hal brOk-
slight fault IN the material of the
I tail which left the aerOpIane unable
10 bear the strain Of the sixty miles
an hour speed at which Rolls was
flying The plane crashed into q
Crump.e ed mass when II reached the
ground and can never be repaired.
Med CA examination Of Rolls showed
that in addition to his other INJURIES
lis head had been crushed.
The 10000 spectators who came
here In holiday mood to watch the
contests left Immediately af,er the
accident and flying was abandC ned for
When the other accident occurred
n Demars was using d miniature
craft The machine whiTled around
ike g top in its fall NJ. Dema-s
was rushed TO a hospital where. after
{ q preliminary examination II WIS
stated he had a chance to recover
i a ~
Captain Rolls occurred late this after
noon when his father and mother
Lord and Lady LlangattrOckr arrived
OF BOuTlemOuth In their yacht
As they came ashore they upbraided
themselves for being too late TO Wit
ness the starting Of their sons flight,
which they knew had been set for .
certain slime.
They hurried to a waiting automo-
bile TO rush 10 the aviation field, in
/ the hope of seeing Captain Rolls be-
met with the news OF his tragic death,
which they had narrowly avoided wit
Messing Both were Frustrated and
are under the care Of physicians
Career Of Rolls.
Third son Of Lord Liangattock, Mr.
Rolls came rightfUliy to the title OF
honorable Like many other young
sons OF nobility, a career in the di-
DIomatic service was planned for him.
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that field and such a strong bent for
mechanics and science. that his pa
rents finally consented TO educate him
along the lines Of his bent and desire
Graduating from Eton, he then went
/ TO Cambridge and specialized in prsc-
/ teal electricity. graduating in 1913
I in engineering At Eton he Showed an
I Unsuitable passion for electricity. and
/ became involved in many 'ScTaDeS
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/ bridge. he acquired the name OF Pc
I trolls and was seldom known as any
I thing else
/ When a boy Re attracted much at
/ teutiOn with sleigh on wheels. which
he used to coast down hill near his
home in Monmouth His first expert
{ ence with a motor is said to have been
on a steam roller. which he drove
T Sunday morning while his parents
were in church.
/ He later gained the unique distinction
I Of being EnElaud's premier motOrist
driving a car when English regulations
: would not permit a greater speed than
four miles an hour IN the country and
I two miles an hour in town This was
+ at the time when a man with a red flag
{ preceded the car and warned the pedes-
I TRANS
Mr. Rolls first car was q s.-hOrss-
power FeEgeOt, which he bought In
4 france in 1885 In this car he made a
l trip from London 20 Cambridge in Elst
{ hours. OF four and . half miles an hour.
/ The car IS reported TO have created a
I great sensation in the country Mr.
I Rolls had told many amusing stories
/ about the fright and superstition of the
I country folk. many Of whom climbed
/ trees or scranl bled out Of the way Of the
/ strange vehicle He told OF one woman
/ in Scotland falling on her knees and
1 praying when she beheld the car.
Won Many Prizes
! Among the first in the field Of motor
l ing IN England. he won many prizes
/ by his feats in speed and daring In
I 1859 he was first in the BOTdeaUN-Riar-
ritz race. and second in the PaTis-Os-
Z tend. He won a valUsbIe gold cup, var
J louS medals and other prizes for the
I I 90 miles trial in England.
/ After his car had been seriously dam
aged he finished nineteenth in the IA
( nous Paris-Berlin race In the Paris
/ Vienna race his car crashed into a tree
Z while going seventy miles an hour. but
/ Mr. Rolls escaped with slight injury
/ Mr.. Rolls participated IN many
races and tours in France. Germany.
/ Austria and Spain. about his latest WIN
( heinz the touring trophy competition IN
I the Isle Of Man IN NAY He drove .
] D horsepower car in that rare
/ Among the achievements of Mr. Rolls
I was the winning Of fourth prize as wei
as aTrs- Howard GOulds CuD. in the
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