Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
MORE A|RMEN KILLED
Frank H. Miller Burned Alive
in Midair.
DRIVEN TO FLIGHT BY JEERS
Motor Stops and Gasoline Tank
Catches Fire.
DEATH OF THE DAREDEVIL"
Tony Castellane's Machine Capsizes.
Both Accidents at Fair Grounds.
Aviator Raymond Scalped.
DEATH OF THE "DARE.DEVIL"

DAYTON. Ohio. September 23-For the
second time an aviator has been urged
to his death by the bowls of a mob in
the United States. September /, at Norton.
Kan. John ]. Frisbie was killed. Forced
to fly his aeroplane against his will to
please a jeering crowd of several thou
sand at the Troy county fair yesterday
afternoon. Frank H. Miller fell to earth
few minutes later. charred corpse.
His machine took fire in the air.
After telling his wife that he feared to
fly because of the weather, Frsbie was
Obliged to go up by the jeers of a crowd
of spectators who wanted their moneys
worth
I'D rather not go UP this time, and I'll
be glad when | come down., was the
declaration made by Miller at the fair
grounds yesterday afternoon. The crowd
did not heed his objections, but continued
to clamor for flight He climbed into
his biplane and at ) o'clock started off
the ground. Knowing that his motor was
working badly, but because he would not
be called fake Miller took the risk.
Gasoline Catches Fire.
He had been sailing around about
| twenty minutes and was 200 feet high
when his motor suddenly stopped. In
stantly there was flash and an ex
plosion, followed by a puff Of smoke, and
the aviator and his machine came tum-
bling to earth mass of flames.
The gasoline tank caught fire, and, ex-
ploding, set fire to Millers clothing.
The aviator was crushed under his ma
chine when it dashed the ground in
front of the thousands of spectators.
The flaming motor fell upon his head.
When the flames could be checked the
body was rescued.
Miller, who was twenty-three, took up
flying last April when he was employed
by Strobel of Toledo Ohio. to make ex
hibition flights. The machine was built
after the Curtis type.
Castellane's Machine Capsizes.
MANSFIELD, Pa. September 23.-It is
thought that Tony Castellane's aero
Plane which turned over in the air yes
terday burying the aviator under the
ruins, was caught in the treacherous air
currents circling the hills.
Castellane was popularity known as
Dare Devil He was formerly bl-
cycle loop-the-loop performer, and was
taught to fly last spring at Belmont Park.
Castellane had just started his last
fight during the fair. He mounted into
the air gracefully and sailed away in
the direction of a hill three-quarterS OF
mile north of the borough.
What happened to cause the accident
will never be known. The machine was
seen by thousands of upturned eyes to
careen, and it was evident the birdman
had lost control. He could be seen work
ing desperately to right the aeroplane.
Juggling at the control wheel in q battle
for life.
Suddenly the crowds saw the biplane
turn completely over and swiftly fall,
with Castellane gripping the upright
supports on either side of the seat.
Castellane was rescued alive from I'M
derneath his wrecked machine He lived
only fifteen minutes and did not regain
consciousness His neck was broken.
Mrs. Castellane witnessed her hus-
bands fall and was nearly frantic with
grief Castellanes body will be shipped
to his home in Brooklyn Sunday.
Raymond Scalped by Propeller.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. September 23.-Ray-
mond NJ. Raymond. amateur aviator and
mechanician for Amedee " Reyburn, jr.,
was scalped and his skull fractured late
yesterday while attempting to start the
engine of an aeroplane at kinloch Field.
The blades of the propeller struck him
when the engine started suddenly.