The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-09-01


heavy motor 10 the fall. The French
have been the heaviest losers In
life OF any OF the nations Interest
ed 10 aeronautics. Half a O OF
daring and temperamental French
men have paid with their lives the
penalty for v%enturing into the SKY
spaces on frail machines OF silk, alu-
minum and plano wire. The Germans
are the next heaviest losers in life
and property. The vrecking Of the
numerous rigid and semi-rigid dirigibles
Of the Zeppelin and Parseyal types has
hit hard the hackers OF the German
idea IN aeronaut!cs. The casualties
for the year 1909 we're terminated by
the death OF the Spanish aviator, Fer.
nandez. al Nice. on December 6. He
was a martyr 20 the idea Of hghtness
in ~aeroplane construction. His death
was undoubtedly caused by trying 20
hy with a motor that was entirely too
light for tho strain Il had to bear dur
ing his determined flights While
sweeping in great circles over the
aviation grounds OF the French city
the tiny motor v way with a split
ting crash. The watchers turned their
heads way while the swift tall lasted.
In spite Of the warning conveyed IN
his death. many aviators even yet are
sacrificing safety for ughtness in their
engines DeIaErange, who was killed
IN the FIST week OF January, 1910.
made the opposing mistake OF having
m engine whose weight was too great
for his wing area. His planes were
not sufficiently large 20 bear up under
the weight o. bis heavy motor, when
under the strain Of hlll Eight Della.
grange was the first aviator 70 carry
a passenger with him IN HIS aerial
trips. Mrs Petuer. the FIRST woman
passenger IN the history Of the aero
plane. made a Eight with him In July,
1908
After the death OF p~elagrange. the
FIRST few months OF 1910 were devoid
OF fatal accidents. Aviation meetings
were going on late IN the winter 20
America. southern Europe and IN
Egypt II vas April ia the present
year before lie Blon was killed on the
Spanish seacoast al san Sebastian
Lc Blon was the idol Of the more dar
Ing aylators. He had attracted inter.
national attention by his remarkable
Sights az Doncaster. England, late IN
October OF the previous year He had
dared the winds 10 do their worst In
a l5-mile Night on October 70, and on
the next day no made a trip that an
a~yiators. even his nervous fellow.
countrymon. characterized as fool
hardy A great gale blew up out OF
the Atlantic on the night OF October
rs. growing steadily worse through
the night of the nineteenth. Il Was
the sort that sweeps tho tight little
island" every autumn. a terrific blow
that roaring up the channel
from the Atlantic. sending fishermen
and channel shipping scurryinr FOR
shelter m some rock bound harhor
Ia the midst Of this great gale the
F~rguchmau announced that be was
going 20 mako a night Ia aeronsu
deal records the nlght that he made
that day IS s0t down as being a fool
hardy night In a great gale"
The death roll has grown rapidly
IN this. the summer OF 1910 on May
lG. Michclin was carried by a strong
Wind against a derrick, and In the fan
that followed sustained injuries that
caused his death Eugene Spier was
killed az san Francisco while prac
Using on a glider" NJ Robi met his
death IN a meet az stetuu. Wachter
was Killed az Reims, Charles Stewart
Rolls, hero OF England by reason OF
his remarkable hlght from Dover 90
Calais and return. was killed 90 B0ur-
ncmouth through "a rudder OF HE own
invention failing 90 answer the lever
Kinot. a Belgian. met his death during
a recent aviation exhibition IN a
French town, Eugene Ely, while try
ing for the third time 60 make a con,
tinuous hight from Winnipeg TO Port
ago la Prairie. fol- from q height 90
several hundred feet and vas killed
The ~dlriribles have been the oCca
sion OF nine OF che twcntythrcg
deaths OF the last tvo Years On
September 20. 1909. the French war
balloon, the Repubuquo, on It's way
60 Meudon from the Geld maneuvcrs
at la PaliSse. was destroyed. sup
possably by a propeller blade breaking
on and ripping open the wallis % the
craft -Four mon wcrc killed 90 the
fan of 600 feet that followed the utter
collapse OF thc dirlgiblc In the de
struction OF the Erhsloeh. az Lcich
llngcn, Germany. a rev days ago. avy
mon including the inventor. met thsig
doom