The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-20
WILCOX'S AERO IS WRECKED
lOf Va fOII VIVA str DENT
ESCAPES HITHOI'T MI RI.
Pinned Z nder Machine. hut the Pail VAS
Lucky Cot. Roosevelt Disappoinis
the Crowd some ThriIIinE Work 10y
Hamilton In an Aero Of New Design.

! Hamilton In an Aero of New Design.
/ Although col. Roosevelt. who was ex-
/ pected yesterday ~ the Hemr~tead Plain
aviation field. failed 20 appear. there WINS
no lack Of interest and the only incident
u mar the programme was tn" wreckin q
81 Philip Wilcox's zig white flor, which
was practically reduced u kindlinz wood
after n flight of a few hundred wards
The crowd that numbered about 1000
and filed the grandstand aud the auto
mobiles that lined the parking space on
either side patiently waited for tho ar
rival Of Col. Roosevelt. and IL was about
u o clock when word was passed that he
would head for Oyster Bay instead Of the
flying field Walter Il. Page and Frank
y. Doubleday. who had invited Col.
Roosevelt To lay cornerstone for them
in Garden city. brought 10 the field more
than hundred other guests
Clifford h. Harmon was the first - tune
up one Of the eight machines "n view IN
front Of the grand stand. hut after "a short
flight he descendod because hrs en- CINE
was not working well. After little over
hauling ~ his motor Harmon was soon
hack IN the air and was flying at the time
the Wilcox aero took "A tumble. Several
hundred persons made "A rush 10 the
seen" Of the accident and IN spite of the
orders To 20 back crossed the lines OF
| safety
Young Wilcox who il n Columbia Uni
versity student and the inventor of his
machine. didn't leave IN" ground until
about o'clock and had made a straight
| III ght of several hundred yards when the
right wing careened and the machine
l.rashed Ia the ground Wilcox WAS
wuIuns,i under the WRECK "a ~ and Il WASH '
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