Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-08-18
MO|SSANT HAD
TWO M|SHAPS
Cannot Resume His Air
Flight to London Until
Tomorrow
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Almost Fell Into a Pit---Propeller
and Frame Work
Broken.

Chatham, England, Aug. 1S.-John
B. Moissant, of Chicago, the aviator
who is attempting to fly from Paris to
London descended for a second time
near here today breaking a propeller
and part of the frame of the machine
in making the landing. The broken
parts must be repaired in Paris,
and the resumption of fight to Lon
don before tomorrow is improbable.
Neither Moissant nor his machinist
were injured in the accident.
Narrow Escape From Death.
Chatham, Eng, Aug. 1S.-Motor de-
fects caused Moissant to make several
landings today when half way on his
course between London and Tilman-
stone, where he ascended at 4 As this
morning. His first descent was made
from Sittinbourne, about 35 miles
from London and was due to the dis
placement of asmall Pin in the mechan-
ism. He narrowly escaped a disas-
trous landing, just missing the mouth
of deep pit, fall into which would
have meant death for the aviator and
the machinist Repairs to the machine
detained them there two hours. After
a second start, they barely covered 10
miles, when a rod connecting the driy-
ing gear fractured, stopping the en-
CINE and forcing a shut down and i'm
mediate descent to the ground. They
landed in a field but only skilfull
handling kept the machine from plung-
ing into clump of trees. Molssant
made an abrupt turn to escape the
trees and the machine came to the
ground heavily breaking propeller
and chains. A telegram was imme-
diately sent to Paris for new parts.
Moissant a SWashbuckler.
New York, Aug. 1S.-In Nicaragua
and the various republics of Central
America, where many Americans OF
| an adventurous spirit have staked
their lives on the quickness of their
guns, John Moissant bears reputa'
tion that savors of romance. Stories
of Moissant were told here today by
former Central American residents
Moissant took possession of a tramp
steamer with a cargo valued at $500,
900 which was cast ashore in storm
and abandoned and in the teeth of a
| gale made his way to the steamer al
night along in the morning when the
storm abated. The ships captain and
crew returned but were driven off al
the point of revolver by MOissant
Then the American consul and com
pany of native Honduran soldiers
rowed out to the steamer but MOis
SAINT sent a bullet through the com
mandant's hat and all retired. Tha
night a storm again broke and the
steamer sank. Moissant was rescued
at day break from the mast to which
he had Iashed himself Moissant fol
lowed the Nicaraguan invasion of Sal
Salvador and became wealthy, wa
subsequently imprisoned and his for
tune confiscated. He later secured hi
freedom and fled to Nicaragua. HI
lorganized a filibustering expedition t.
San Salvador, but it's progress wa
checked by Commander Benton of tn,
u. S. cruiser Albany, who threatene'
to sink the vessel on which the fill
busters proposed to land on San Sal
vador territory.
Not in Chicago for Some Years.
| Chicago, Aug. 18.-John Moissant
who is making a fight from Pari
to London, although a Chicagoan b,
birth, has not been here for a mum
ber of years. The nearest relative
Shoemaker, said he heard nothin!
from him since his adventurous spiri
got him into difficulties in San Sal
vador revolution