Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-12
CHANNEL AVIATOR
FALLS TO DEATH
FROM AEROPLANE
Rolls, Who Made Round Trip Be-
tween Dover and Calais,
Killed at B0urnemouth.
FIRST FLYING TOURNEY
OF YEAR In ENGLAND
In Wright Machine Was Compet-
ing for Prize for Alighting
J Nearest Given Mark.

BOURNEMOUTH, England. July IL.
The first flying tournament of the
year in England was brought to a
tragic close this morning by the dra-
matte death of the most daring and
persular British aviator. the Hon.
Charles s. Rolls. third son of LORD
LIangattock.
In the presence OF great company
OF spectators, a majority of whom were
ladies and children, and many personal
friends of the young Aviator, the
Wright biplane, on which he was fly
Ing. fell suddenly with terrific speed
from a height of 100 feet It struck
the ground close to the crowded grand
stand, smashed into a tangled mass.
and before the doctors and their as
sistants could reach the spot Rolls was
dead.
The event in which Rolls was COM
peting was for prize for alighting
nearest a given mark. The goal was
directly In front of the grand stand,
where the spectators were Inassed. He
had risen to a good heighS. then put
off his motor and was gliding in a
broad circle toward the mark.
TaiIpiece Snaps.
without warning the tailpiece of the
biplane snapped off. The machine
gave a sudden lurch, and the frame
work crumpled up in the air When
It struck the ground 1t was smashed
to splinters.
The doctors found that Rolls had
sustained q fractured skull The wreck
~. TIM frxrfuf Tod Cf We u,tr-
rounded the body so that there was
difficulty in extricating him.
Immediately after the result of
Rollss accident was known the com
mittee announced that flying would be
suspended for the day.
Lord and Lady Llangattock, the
parents of Rolls, barely escaped wilt
Messing the catastrophe. They were
yachting along the coast, and put In
at Poole, near Bournemouth, this
morning, intending to attend the avia-
ton meeting, but postponed going un-
til afternoon.
Audemars, the Swiss aviator. had a
close shave while making, a trial flight
above the Bournemouth field. His
monoplare overturned and descended
swiftly to the ground, but he escaped
without injury.
Captain the Hon. Charles Stewart
Rolls was 33 years old and was one
OF the most popular young all-around
sportsmen in England. His death. will
be a great blow TO aristocratic sporting
enthusiasts, with ali of whom he was q
great persoal favorite At ballooning,
at motoring and later in the field of
aviation he had distinguished himself
1iy his utter fearlessness and was salts
pGed with nothing short of record break
Sing in whatever line of sport he took to.
Undoubtedly his crowning feat was
his round 4 rip across the channel be-
tween Dovr and Calais in Wright
biplane or June last. The distance
between Dover aud Calais is 81 miles.
and when Rolls did the round trip of
AZ miles in 30 minutes without stopping
his performance was marvellous, both
for distance and time. Rolls was as
modest as he was daring. and received
the congratulations which were show
cred upon him after his great feat al
most with embarrassment.
In 1900 he won the gold medal in the
thousand-mile automobile race. He
was the representative Of Great Bri-
tain in the Gordon Bennett race of 1905
and several times made world records
I for speed as balloonist. Rolls h
made more than 150 ascensions.