Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-18
GOING TO SEE TAFT M|SHAPT0M0|SSANT
Assistant Secretary HiNes American Aviator Breaks
Called to Beverly. Down Is Miles From London.
TALKED OF FOR GOVERNOR WIRES PARIS FOR REPAIRS
His Discussed Republican He Cannot Proceed Until
Nomination in New York Are All Mended
PARTY BREACH GROWS WIDER HE THEN NAY HAVE TROUBLE
Difficulty
From Awkward Position
Political plane L. In
American Aviator Breaks
Down Is Miles From London.
WIRES PARIS FOR REPAIRS
He Cannot Proceed Until Damaees
Are All Mended.
HE THEN NAY HAVE TROUBLE
Difficulty Expected in Ascending
From Awkward Position Mono
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plane Il In.

CHATHAM. England. August Ia
John B. Moissant the Chicago aero
naut. who Is attempting to fly from
Paris to London. descended for the
second time near here today. breaking
the propeller and part Of the frame OF
the machine In making the second
landing.
The broken parts must be replaced
from Paris. resumption Of the flight
to London before tomorrow is improb-
able.
Neither Moissant nor his mechanic
was injured in the accident.
Machine in Bad Way.
The machine of Moissant at present
lies In most awkward position. every
| foot OF the garden where the landing
was made presenting such obstacles that
| Moissant and the experts. who had gath
| cred to inspect the monoplane. can
| scarcely conceive how he managed 20
descend without serious injury to him
| self and his mechanician, Filoux.
The allotment garden In which the ma
chine lies Is more than 100 feet
/ square at the bottom Of an abandoned
brick field In front Of the machine Ii
| a bank OF earth. ALI about IL are high
piles of broken brick and earth, any one
1 of which would have smashed the ma
| ing the landing.
| To ascend from IL seems an impossible
| ity. Even to get the monoplane out ~
hand will be extremely difficult
The little American aviator, however.
| makes light Of all suggestions OF uOu-
BILE. He says that he and Fileux VIII
/ find a way out of the difficulty.
He protests against the reports OF Span
| to the visitors who conversed with him:
| Il am an American My parents were
| French-Canadians from America. Thero
is no Spanish blood In me-"
| Good Luck Deserts Him.
Moissant in the earlier stages cf his
flight from Parfs- apd I'm his record-breok-
ing journey across the channel with
passenger seems to have deserted him
with his arrival upon English shores.
Motor defects In the aeroplane. which
had yesterday worked without . SIP.
forced him to make two successive land
| ings when about half way on the course
between London and Tilmanstone. where
he ascended at As this morning
His first descent, a mile from Sitting-
bourne, about thirty-five miles from Lon
dom was due to the displacement OF .
| small pin in the mechanism. entailing IN
immediate descent. He narrowly escaped
disaster In the landing, just missing the
mouth OF a deep chalk pit. Q fall into
which would have meant death for the
aviator and his mechanician.
Repairs to the machine detained him
nearly three hours. He then made q Sec
ond start
Scarcely had he covered ten miles to-
ward his goal when a second accident
brought him down at Rainham. Kent a
rod connecting up the driving gear OF the
aeroplane was fractured, stopping the en-
gine and forcing the Chicagoan to plane
down Immediately to the ground
Nearly Hits Tree.
He landed I'm a field Only skiilful hand
ling Of the aeroplane prevented its plung-
ing into a clump OF trees which barred
the way.
Moissant made an abrupt turn to ss-
cape these. The machine came down
heavily, breaking the chassis and smash
ing q blade OF the propeller
Moissant and his mechanic climbed out
OF the smashed machine uninjured. Upon
looking over the damage they decided
that the repairs could not be accomplish
ed on the spot and that they must walt
for parts to replace the damaged por-
tions Of the machine. for which they Inn
mediately telegraphed to Paris.
Fine Conditions at Start.
DEAL, August 18-Moissant and Fileux
started for London at o'clock this
morning.
In ideal weather, with only a light
western breeze. Moissant. with Fileux be-
side him, made q fine start. He was
watched by a crowd OF more than 500
people, who arrived at Tilmanstono by
motorcycle or on foot.
Mofssant was SO eager not to lose time
In continuing his Parfs-to-London fight
that he slept with his mechanician on q
hayrack close beside his aeroplane. Very
early In the morning he found conditions
SO tempting that he would have made Q
still earlier start ha6 he not promised
the public not to leave until about s
o'clock.
The machine travelled at q good pace
and was soon lost to view behind the
trees.