New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-04
FALLS WITH MONOPLANE
Dr.. WaIdron's Initial Flight in
New Machine Disastrous.
LITTLE INJURED IN WRECK
Collapse of Wheel the Cause OF
His Tumble-Will Try Again
in a Week, He Says.

Garden City, Long Island. Aug. (Spe-
c!aD.-At O'Clock this morning DR.. Charles
Waldron. dentist, of No. 3712 ST Mark S
Place, Brooklyn, brought his new mono
plane out for its first trial spin After
flight of quarter Of a mile there was an
accident which wrecked the machine and
sent DR.. Waldron to the hospital with a
broken colarbone. Later the doctor IN
sisted on leaving the institution. and in his
automobile he visited the aviation grounds
to take a look at the wreck.
The great wonder at the field was that
the doctor escaped so easily. When the
machine was brought out, the conditions
being favorable, the aviator took his seat
and instructed one of his mechanics to go
to the far end of the field and another to
stand behind him, and to signal to him II
anything went wrong.
When a slight accident dropped one of
the wheels the mechanic in the rear gave
the signal and DIR. Waldron came down
He then put on the power and tried to go
up again. with the result that a front
wheel collapsed and the monoplane broke
in two, the rear part turning half over.
with the doctor mixed up in the wreckage
Two of Mr. Harmon's mechanics lifted him
from the wreck and an ambulance was
called from Nassau Hospital The ma
chine was taken back to its tent, where
It was found that the damage was not
serious.
DIR. Waldron said he would be about
again and making another trial inside of a
week The motor, which is a three-cylin-
der revolving affair. was not injured.
Charles ]. Donnelley. the original kid
of the prizering, who retired twenty years
ago as the featherweight bare fist cham
pion. gave a graphic account Of the acct
dent at the aviation field yesterday. Don
nelley said
4 was down at the grounds with DR..
Waldron, Paul Kidischevsky, the Russian
aviator. and Charles Wagner. the doctors
chief mechanic. We got the machine tuned
up and ready to start at $50 The engine
whlrled smoothly, and the doctor started
at about thirty miles hour along the
ground The Russian and 1 stood out on
the grounds to see how the monoplane
worked
when he got near the grandstand the
doctor struck hole or a rut and from
where we were out on the field, abreast of
the machine. we saw the hind wheels leave
the ground The machine reared up, just
like a horse would do, and then crashed
forward. crushing the front part of the
plane. the steering gear controls and wire
into one mass. The propeller, was broken
IN the rnix-up, and as we rushed in we
saw DR.. Waldron with his head stuck
under the mass of crushed canvas, while
the most of his body under the wiz
ing and debris of the steering wheel and
seat
We raised the plane. and the doctor was
able TO wriggle out, but he lay there unable
to move further. We gave him a stimu-
liant and he revived quickly. I have seen
many a knockout in the ring. but this man
was game a proposition ever I saw.
He took the count of nine, but he was not
knocked out, not by a long sight. even with
a broken collarbone. a badly cut arm and
a sprained ankle. The first thing he said
was Give me a cigar and he proceeded to
puff up. We could not get the cigar away
from him when the ambulance arrived"