Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-22
Son Saves His Life by Pushing Him
Down Quickly,
DEAD MAN BURIED IN wREcKAGE
Left Arm Cut Off by Swiftly RevOlv-
ing Propeller.
NEITHER OF Av1ATORs ARE HURT
France Pays Terrible Toll for En-
deavor TO Attain Supremacy of
Air--Polttical Affatra az
Crfaia.
Crlsis.

PARIS. May 91.--France paid a terrible
toll today for its magnificent endeavor 10
attain supremacy OF the air when a
| monoplane, the driver of which had lost
control, plunged into group OF members
OF the cabinet who had gathered to witt
ness the start of the race from Paris to
Madrid, killing the minister of war ana
! injurtng the prime minister his son and
a we'll known sportsman.
The dead:
HENRI MAURICE BERTEAUX. mini
ster of war
The injured:
Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis. premier
and minister of the interior.
Antoine Monis son of the premier
Henri peutsch de la Mourthe, the aged
patron OF aeronautics. automobilng ana
A large number of the other persons OF
note had narrow escapes from injury
The accident occurred on the aviation
field at Iesy les Molineux. where 100000 per-
sons had gathered to see the start of the
race
Aviators Not Hurt.
M. Train was plotting the monoplane.
With him In the car was M. Bounier
passenger. Neither OF these men was in
jured. The machine was wrecked.
Minister Of War Berteaux was horribly
mangled. The swiftly revolving propeller
cut off his left arm. which was found ten
feet away from the spot where he was
struck, the back OF his head was crushed
In, his throat Eashsd and the-who of his
left side cut and lacerated
Premier Monis was buried beneath the
wreckage OF the monoplane. He was
taken out as quickly possible and ex-
amined by military surgeons. who found
he had sustained compound fractures OF
two bones in the right leg, that his nose
was broken. his face badly confused and
there were bruises on the breast and alb
domen.
NJ. Deutsch and NJ. Monis were not seri-
ously hurt
Among those who had narrow escapes
from injury was M. Lepine the prefect OF
police
Premier Monis and Minister Berteaux
and their party arrived at the aviation
field about o'clock this morning. shortly
after Roland Earros, NJ. Beaumont and
NJ. Gilbert had started in the race
Approach for Closer View.
The line of spectators bordering the fly
ing field held rigid by soldiers. who
permitted the ministerial party and some
half hundred other persons OF distinction
to walk across the field to where they
| could get a better view down the course
and see the airmen they rose from the
starting point
While the great assemblage cheered
mady the ministers saw Pierre Vedr1ne
who had been picked by many as the prob
able winner OF the race, mount easily from
the ground and head down the aerodrome,
only suddenly to capsize and fall, but to
emerge unhurt from the wreckags OF his
machine. Aviator Train, whose mono
plane caused today's accident, meanwhile
had taken his place at the starting line
lever in hand. and with M. Bounier beside
him
The breeze had been steadily freshening
and the meteorological observer In the
Eifel tower telephoned that his gauge
showed velocity OF close to thirty miles
an hour.
Train left the ground. Ascending swiftly
he ciTcled the field, curving round 70 the
| starting line and then flying down the
course at forty miles an hour his machine
rocking in the wind. At this moment Il
was observed by the commandant OF the
troops that the crowds were breaking the
line formation on one side Of the field and
he dispatched troop OF curassiers to get
them back in order. The cuirassiers gal
loped across the field. breaking into dou-
BILE lines as they went
Loses Control of Machine
Trains monoplsne here swooped toward
the earth under the impulse Of an air