Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-23
pIo NOT WIN GREAT PRIZE
N descending When Near Ground
Wind Overturned Aero
plane.
po,h Legs Broker; Bad Commissions on
Body; General Condition Not
Considered Grave.

norroaossola. Italy, Sept. 2S.-To
George chavez. ;he Peruvian aviator
| ,,,nas the honor Of being the first TO
. AZ across the Alps
The daring feat was accomplished TO-
| Az ar an attempt To win the prise OF
,,oeD0 offered by the italian aviation
,,e,.ty Of Milan for a flight from Brig
sgIuerland, TO Milan
chavez however. was unable to COM
,,se the trip. having suffered painful
,hries when he allghted here HIS
r,cbne was overturned and he was
hurled in the wreckage.
A. the airman was seen slowly de-
,.sralna a great crowd gathered. Slow
\ and gracefully he neared the surface
An, was about 80 feet above the
rround when a gust Of wind caught
,r4 overturned the monoplane. II fell
. As,yly. carrying the aviator beneath
a. Chavez was pinned underneath the
motor and painfully hurt. He had
limited on striking the ground and
vas bleeding profusely when released
TAM the wreckage. The machine was
uned
The American aviator, MIR, Wey-
mann also attempted the flight, leav-
,e the lakeland at Brig at 1 o'clock
ihIs afternoon. Later word was re-
,sfvta here that he had descended after
beng In the air four minutes.
me weather for the competition was
excellent The morning opened clear
an inc surface and the haze that had
rathered on the mountain tops was
eaiiy bbgn away. BY noon the vino
hafiisd out
1asyez believed that the favorable
eppoNuaity which he had awaited since
M6aiay morning had come and he de-
elaed TO make the start. He got away
n l29 o'clock and rose to height
t.tinated 10 be nearly 1000 feet He
psssed swiftly over the mountain tops,
tisalrng the summit Of Simplon Pass az
ia At that time his monoplane was
moving as steadily as a railroad train.
After negotiating Simplon Pass
Chavez followed the route over Condo
Forge, one OF the grandest and al the
isme time one of the most savage Of
he Alps, He reached here at Ell
o'clock
FROM BRIG To MILAN
The distance from Brig, Switzerland,
% Milan. is 70 miles and the prize was
ior the aviator who should make tbe
trt flight, starting from tableland
~ feet above sea level at the height
n the Rhone valley. near Brig, swift
isfland In addition to reaching a
height that would bring him over the
smpon Pass and In doing which he
must suffer severely from the cold. the
iyla;or was required To guide his frail
raft over wide chasms. notably the
Forge Of Ysette. where safe descent
would b. impossible and an accident
must mean certain death. Aviation
Experts had predicted freely that the
only alternative 10 n successful flight
across the Alps was the death OF the
aviator
Signal fires along the Napoleon road
marked the way as far as Domodossold
and the rest Of the course was indicat-
ed by flags and buoys anchored on
Lake Maggiore. The summit of the
pass at Monscera was illuminated with
o1hydnque lights and a captive bal
loon showed the finish line at the aero
dome here
FATE WAS UNKIND
bul Tor the mishap in alighting there
u mite doubt that he would have sue
eesdully continued to the goal as the
remainder OF the course presented COM
psratiVely small difficulties.
lnere is general regret that fate
shloh permitted him TO make what has
oeen described as the most reckless
,ugh' ever attempted. should have dealt
US kindly with him when he had
tssched The zone Of easy flying and the
prile was in sight
WIN the exception OF Chavez and
49, .sushn' the aviators have abandoned
~ COMPETITION The time limit OF
~, contest viii expire tomorrow.
ha'ezs most notable feat IN 10 To-
~ vas IN establishing n new altitude
~ 'S ssl, On sept. he rose to a heleht
nNN Els INJURIES SERIOUS.
.o shsvets injuries proved to be mora
ihs n,,- lnan was at first thought. Al
N. spnal 10 which he was removed
ayia,o nss''ians found that both of tho
ihe ~. reg We're broken and that
ra-,s nigh was fractured. other
sions VI nhe body revealed bad contn-
ain ~ he general condition OF tho
rrs, man however. is not considernd