The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-01
ACCIDENTS OCCUR
 IN A|RSH|P RACE Leader GarrOs Falls and Machine Is Wrecked BEAUMONT IS AHEAD The S2O, 1000 Prize Won By Beaumont fcr Being First to Reach Rome. None of the Aviators Have
 Been Injured
BEAUMONT IS AHEAD

Rome, May 31-Andre Beaumont in
 the face of innumerable difficulties, made one of the greatest flights today
 in the history of aviation and is again
 the leader in the great Paris-to- Rome-to- Turin race. Frey, the German repre- sentative and Roland Garros. who was
 first to reach Genoa. are now left be- hind. They are both at Pisa, having met with misfortune In the second stage of the Journey.
 Beaumont who made an early start from Alassio, not far from the French frontier, flew to Rome, making stops at Genoa and Pisa, in less than seven hours. Coming down the coast he passed
 Civita veechia at 3.30 p. m. and ar rived at Rome twenty-five minutes later flying at the rate of 90 miles an hour.
 His reception at Rome was one of triumph. The hills about the city. the roofs. the terraces, balconies and domes were black with people. The vast crowds cheered wildly. Troops of cav
 airy were unable to restrain the specta-
 tors when he landed The aviator was
 picked up bodily and placed in an auto mobile beside Mayor Nathan and the prefecto of Rome amid frantic cries of
 "Viva Beaumont. Viva France! to
 which he answered Viva ltaly."
 Scores of people rushed the automo-
 bile along Beaumont weeping with emo
 tion He sad he had brought the first aerial greetings from the French me tropolis to the Eternal City and deliv- cred to Mayor Nathan a message from the president of the Paris municipality Beaumont was raised on the shoulders of the crowd and was obliged to make a speech He said he was happy to be the first aerial messenger to Rome as II would bind Italy and France more close l ly together and he was more satisfied over this because he himself was a
 French officer. He ended by hoping that the friendship between France and Italy would be eternal. Beaumont is naval officer whose real name is Conneau. Telling of his experiences he said the most dangerous part of his journey was at Frejus. Then after leaving Leghorr to escape storm he was forced to fly
 200 miles over the sea-
 Pisa. Italy, May 31-Accidents of a more serious nature than any which have occurred since the flight was be- gun. marred the Nice-to-Rome stage of 1 the 1900 mile Paris-R -Rome-Turin aviation | contest.
 1 Three of the competitors, the French men. Garros and Beaumont, ana the | German, Frey, met with mlshaps '0uay which damaged their machines and Frey himself was slightly injured.
 Roland Garros, who is being hailed as l the victor of the long flight, left Gas cine Di San Rossore, the estate or King
 Victor Emmanuel. before sunrise tooay' bound for the Italian capital. to the ac- | commandment of a deafening roar from
 the thousands of enthusiastic spectators who had waited all night to witness his | departure.
 The aviator flew away al treineh- l dous sneed hut after covering few
 miles. his monoplane suddenly fell to
 the ground and was wrecked Garros;
 however, was not hurt and he hurried back to Pisa to await the arrival or 2
 new aeroplane with which to resume ms flight ks0 | Beaumont repaired his aeropiane ana left Pisa in the direction of Rome at nve minutes to one this afternoon.
 | Garros. on hearing of the departure oi his rival, said:
 i There is many a slip between the cup and lip'' Ht