The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-13
DARING BRITISH
AVIATOR KILLED


suffered a fractured skull The wreck
Of the machine and twisted stays sur
rounded the body so that there was
difficulty I'm extricating IL.
Immediately after the result Of Rolls
accident the committee announced that
flying would be suspended for the
day.
Lord and Lady LlanEattOck. the
catastrophe They were yachting along
the coast and put In at Poole. near
BOurnemouth. this morning Intending
TO attend the aviation meeting, but
postponed going until afternoon.
Captain the Hon Charles stewart
Rolls was % years old and was one OF
the most popular young allIi1aroy!nd
at motoring and later in the field Of
aviation. he had distinguished himself
BY his utter fearlessness-
Doubled the Channel
Undoubtedly his browning feat vas
tween Dover and Calais In a Wright
biplane on June last Two French
men Louis Bleriot and Count De Les
seps. already had crossed the channel
and Hubert Latham had almost sue
i ceeded.
Channel flying was at a discount in
England because Il was considered an
old story and also because national
pride suffered from the monopoly OF Il
| BY Frenchmen. when Rolls electrified
the entire kingdom by doubling the
I
The distance between Dover and Calais
is twenty-One miles and when Rolls
did the round trip OF forty-twO miles in
ninety minutes without stopping his
/ for distance and time
Rolls was as modest as he was dar-
4 ing and received the congratulations
which were showered on him almost
with eu-barra ssment-
| In hts youth Rolls was one Of the
pioneers OF motoring In England. He
i D he
/ was still in force that every self-pro-
| PEELED vehicle on the public road must
be preceded by a man carrying red
/ flag to warn pedestrians. since 1896
/ he has been one OF the best known mo-
tor experts In Europe.
Won Gold Medal
In 1900 he won the gold medal in the
/ thousand mile automobile race. He wa
/ the representative Of Great Britain In
/ the Gordon Bennett race OF 1905 and
/ several times made worlds records fOI
| speed As a balloonist Rolls had made
4 more than $50 ascensions. crossed the
channel several times in balloons and
| in 1906. by n journey from Paris q
sherbourne and Norfolk gained the
French Aero clubs medal for the long
Rolls was Intended for the diplo.
/ matte service. but he showed such en-
thusiasm for science ana mechanics tha
his parents decided IL was better TO LEI
him become q good scientist than q
sdiplomat. lie was educated at Etor
/ anu utIt ne EDtElAlALG4 ~
/ engineering and electricity. He wa,
| captain Of the Cambridge university BIZ
! cycle team and gained his military
| title with the Elton volunteer battery.
Written and Bcctured-
Rolls had written and lectured much
/ on his hobby. particularly on the future
| or motoring. He also was an expert
| musician. He was the technical man
/ aging director OF the ROlls-ROyce mo-
j tor company and also captain OF Tbs
/ London section OF the army motor re-
/ serve corps.
| Captain Rolls had expected 20 come
! 10 the United States this fall 20 give
! exhibitions OF flying and 10 compete
/ In any meetings that might be held.
/ After his flight Of the channel he re-
| ceived kilograms OF cOngratulation
from King George and Queen Mary.