The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-14
AVIATION CLAIMS
BIG TOLL IN 1871
Seventy-seven .Airmen Were
Killed During Year
Now Ending.
(National News Association

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NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE pro-
gress in the science of aviation dur
been costly in human life. Beginning
with the death of Lieut.. Thomas E.
Selfridge, the first person killed in an
aeroplane, in 1908, the list of fatali.
ties has rapidly increased, especially
in the present year, when the deaths
more than doubled the combined num-
Der for the three preceding years. In
1908 one man lost his life, in 1909, four,
in 1910 thirty-two, and to date for the
present year seventy-seven persons
have been killed.
In 1911, as in preceding years,
France has contributed by far the larg-
est number of victims, her list total
ing %, including one woman, Nine.
Deniz Moore, who fell at Etamps on
July p last.
German airmen who lost their lives
this year nullber IA, English I, Rus
sian 4, Italian, Austrian and Japanese
2 each. Servia, Spain, Belgium, Bra
zil, Perua and Cuba contributed one
each to the death roll of the year.
Whereas in the earlier days of the
science of aviation only the most fit
ted, mentally and physically, dared
flights, nowadays great. numbers OF
amateurs do so. AS consequence
ed a number of aviation pupils. Dou-
BILE fatalities, in which rider and pas
senger were killed, also were common,
while on June IS last three French
men, Capt. Princetau, T. LIE Martin,
and NJ. Landron, were burned to death
in midair as a result of the explosion
of the aeroplane motor.
While aviation has been carried on
almost as extensively in Canada as
elsewhere it is interesting to note that
no fatality was accorded in that coun-
try during the present year. In strik-
ing contrast is the record of the I'm
tied States Gncluding Porto Rico), in
death in 1911.
List Of Victims.
The complete list of American vic
tins for the year is as follows:
April 25-William G. Purvis, died at
Baton Rouge, La, as result of fall on
March S.
May 1O-Lieut. George E. M. Kelly,
U. S. A., killed by fall at San Antonio,
Texas.
May IA. Y. Hardle, an amateur,
killed by fall at Los Angeles.
July 13-P. A. Kreamer, killed by
fall in biplane at Chicago.
Aug. 15-William R. Badger, crushed
to death by his machine at Chicago.
Aug. 15.-St Croix tombstone, fell
1000 feet at Chicago aviation meet
Sept. II. J. Frisbie, killed by fall
at Norton, kas.; went up in crippled
machine because spectators called him
faker.
Sept. 1O-John W. Rosenbaum, kill.
ed while making a trial flight at De
Witt, Iowa.
Sept. 22.-Frank w. Miller, burned
to death in midair at Troy, Ohio, as
result of explosion of gasoline tank.
Sept. 22-"Dare Devil Castellane
killed by fall from height of three
quarters of mile at Mansfield, Pa.
Sept. 25.-Dr. J. c. Clarke, an ANA.
teur, killed by fall at the international
aviation meet on Long Island.
Oct. 2-Cromwell Dixon kille by
1oO-foot fall at Spokane, after having
made successful flight across the
Rock mountains.
Oct. 19-Eugene B. Ely, one Of the
foremost of American aviators, killed
by 5O-foot fall at Macon, Ga.
Nov. PROF John Montgomery
noted as the inventor of an aeroplane
glider, killed by fall near Edanville
Cal
Dec 3--Tod Schriver, we'll known
American aviator. killed in an exhibi
ton flight at Ponce, Porto Rico.
More than twice as many American
aviators were killed this year than in
the three preceding years. Up to
January 1, 1911, the American victims
numbered only six. They were Lieut.
Selfridge, killed at Fort Niger. Va.
Sept II, 1908; Eugene Speyer, at II
year-old boy. killed at San Francisco
June II. 1910: Ralph tombstone, one
of the most daring aviators, killed at
Denver, Nov. II, 1910: Cecil Grace, OF
New York. lost while attempting a
flight across the English Channel, Dec
%. 1910: John E. Moisant, killed at
New Orleans. Dec. 81, 1910, and Arch
Hoxey the famous Wright aviator
who was killed at Los Angeles on the
same day that his friend Moisant met