New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-11
1ryinu to Avoid 6randstanC at
Asbury Park Plunges His
Machine Into Alley.
INJURIES TEN: ONE MAY DIE
Aviator Thought To Be Fatally
Hurt-'Did My Best" He
Says When Taken from
Wreck After Disaster.
by Telegraph to The Tribune I

Wright brothers aviator took his life
il his hands and deliberately dashed his
hiplane to the ground He missed the
grandstand by the margin of foot. but
struck booth in a narrow alley be
tween the bleachers and a telephone ex-
chance This alley was crowded with
programme boys. policemen and mem
bers o. the national guard. who were
acting as special constabIes. and others.
FLYING with the wind. at the rate Of
forty miles an hour. the biplane's de-
scent was so rapid that spectators in the
alley could not get out Of its path and
ten OF them were caught beneath the
machine and injured
Brookas was probably fatally hurt
Els nose was broken and doctors who
attended him feared that he had been
injured Internally. The others injured
are
5F-A1DFoRD, Richard. Patrolulan- As5u-y Park.
dislocated shoulder and broken finger.
BURNETT George, Srrlng Lake Beach. skull
fractured right hip d1siocared. taken %
Memorial Hospital a. Long Branch. vii
probably die
FRONME. Warren Y. sor Of former Registrar
Isaac Fronme, New York civ: scalp
wound rot serious
coRsUCE- Norris. Asbury Park. right arm
EURLEy. Arthur West Grove. left leg broker.
NCsRA- Henry. Asbury Park; injured about
ne head and neck
NURGA-R0T. samuel New York CITY right
shoulder dislocated-
c-GRADT- Gerald. Paterson. y J. face cut
REED John. pzr-onaaa- Asbu-y Park. w-eno1ed
v0OLEY Thomas Asbu-v Park: right leg
Did TIE Best Could" He Says.
Brookins vas sen1i-conscious when
lifted from the vreckage. Turning 70
Colonel Mahlo1 r Margerun1. the man
a-er q the aviation meet. he said
I cid the best I could colonel: I
didn't hit the grandstand
The injured aviator vas hurried 70 the
emergency hospital OF the grounds.
where he was attended by Dr. John Tay-
lor d. William H Robinson and Dr..
George Potts He was then taken in 4
motor car 70 BAY Head. \. J. the sum
rer hone Of Mrs Ambercroubie Fell. Of
Phila delphia- 2 personal friend There
= was said tonight he was resting
easily
Burnett and Fromme after attention
70 the Monmouth Memorial Hospital at
Long Branch Mrs Burnett stood ten
feet from her son when the accident oc-
c11-red. and her right arm was Iacerated
by brea king wires Like hundreds %
other women among the spectators. she
COLLAPSED The scene vas one Of Wild
disorder. Police lines were broken and
hundreds scrambled from the grand
stand and surged about the wreck.
Scores Of photographers who fought
with the spectators and the police 70 Sc
cure SNAPSHOT Of the wreck. added 70
TIE excitement But while the excite
r7ent was at its height the band struck
I'd. and Archie Hoxsey, also Wright
aviator. prepared another biplane Tor
fight.
Eroal,ins made his ascent in gale
His fellow aviators cautioned him against
ne wind. which was blowing from the
sor74h7s-es-- Despite the warnings. Brook
.rss assembled 2 hundred feet and circled
TIE field four times. Against the strong
current the aviators present said he vas
making less than twenty miles an hour,
and his motor was doing its best
Disaster ~ = Short Turn.
Swinging with the wind from the east
rroovins lowered his machine on 2 level
With the -op seats OF the grandstand.
-ze atter7p-ed 2 short ttiru. which. Il
s,5ccesefullu accomplished. would have
rsr6ed him lust north Of the grandstarae,
s7d rroha blv fftv yards from It As ne
descended he found the breeze had stit-
-ered Re knew that he was drifting
5zrvarors1v close 70 the Erandstand and
,.cf5la strike II sidewise with his ma
cLire - he attempted 70 complete the
turn
HIS face bIanched. and aviators started
running toward the spot from al dlrec-
-io-e They saw that their Ccnrade was
eosrg r. faH Rrookins pulled lever
and deliberately crashed the nose Of his
ffrfsn@ toward the alley between the
r~srdstand and the telephone booth
Z all happened SC quickly that specia-
-o-e IN ,b,e alley were engulfed by the
+ol6s Of the machine before they realized
their danger The biplane struck on ~
pose and was wrecked The rear plaheS
cid not clear 4 wire fence stretcneo III
front Of the erandstand, and 20 TINS lae'
man. sr@~ra4ors owe their lives BROOK
irs was thrown forward on his race
9hich was cut in many places by me
wires Il the machine
Boy Caught Under Engine
TIE Burnett boy was caught under TIE
engine and his scalp was broken from
Jus, above The bridge Of his nose 10 the
top = he head. The Fronlme boy was
sGulk 3 glancing blow by the engine =
which opened q scalp wound over ii-s .eil
temple. Others were hit by the risei''s
ar cut by the wires
Announcement that Hoxsey
-ake q fight restored order ahG -.
Aai az hour ne stands were AGAIN
ECxsey .s.ade \ BEAUTIFUL hlsn+-
or - sts.1ls r-v.cc. anc nes"tis ,e1
tlcraelIlsr landiLg Il The ceF1Se
fec .a5.3gh spectators II rs
s:a,d al-d 2lcne tho parking hp''1e
cseorly a4arr-ed lie neTVy aF-ato'
ohcorec ..s,.d5y wss-n be slseh's'
t-s maxine
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