The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-19
DEATH LURKs
IN PATH Of
AV|AT0RS
Two Ar AsrIgat6Ts Killed and
SevsTaI Others Injured In
European Circuit Race
(By Associated preas)

tby Associated preasl
PARIS. June i9-Fifty aeroplanists
tCok wing early Sunday from the avia
ton field at Viucennes on the first
Stage OF the European circuit race
Mhich calls for flight to London and
return with stops nj various nlaces
going and returning. Almost imme.
eiately after the start. two Of the
aHiators met with tragic deahs ana
q least one was gravely hurt.
The dead
CAPTAIN PRINCIPAL. wncse mo.
Tor exploded in mid-air. flooding him
Hith gasoline and burning him to
death
A. LIE MARTIN. who dashed
against a tree the motor of his aero.
plane crushing his head
The injured
M Gaubert, formerly lieutenant in
he army. who was entered in the
civilian race under the name orr'DaI-
ger. He was found lying senseless
near his machine In a wheat field four
miles from yillars-Coterets His in.
iaries are serious.
NJ Billie his aeroplane struck the
eidth within a mile of the start and
Was wrecked Billie was injured. but
mot seriously.
Three other ayiators fell. M Lori
ian near Charleville: Oscar Morrison,
close to Gagny. and M. NORM al Chey-
run, within 22 miles Of Liege. which is
the end Of the first stage OF the race.
None Of these men were badly hurt,
0f the fifty afiators who started, 81
y ere civilians, and twelve officers as
signed for military duty. Hung up
for the competitors are prizes amount
Dg to $4,000,
Steering Gear Went Wrong
The wind was rising at the start
and lseMartin, who was one OF the
most experienced ayiators in France,
ocked about a good deal as his MAJ
hine cleared the ground and swept
faway His aeroplane had reached
the woods quarter OF a mile be-
9ona the barriers when 1t was OBJ
served to pitch swiftly downward and
into the trees. The biplane was brOk-
Ell badly as 1t fell at the foot OF an
oak tree A corner OF the motor
struck LeMartin's head crushing his
skull. aud his right leg was also frac-
tuTed In two places The aviator was
barely alive whsn he was taken away
Itr Red Cross surgeons, and expired
1 few minutes after reaching d hos
piial
Something was wrong with the
steering gear OF IeAlartin's machine
il acted badly earle rim the morning
aid Roland Ciarros who help ad-
Iust ii. advised l-eMartin not tu go
H.
Disaster overlook captain Prince.
au almost at the start. lie had
scarcely got we'll into the air when
one OF the planes Of his machine
pnght FIRE Prnetau was seen strng-
Cling to undo a strap that bound him
firmly In his seat so as TO be free
o Jump as he gllded toward the
earth. Before he could loosen the
aelt, however, the motor exploded,
1bd flaming ben2ine covered him
fie did moi utter cry and when the
ereckage fell TO tha ground the cap
ain was dead HIS body was fearful
n burned Captain Prineetau prob
ably had been asphyxiated by the
iist hurst OF the benzine flames He
gas one OF the most courageous ana
lhnable aviators In the army
prlncetat had been a lieutenant
fainee 1890 and was ga2etted a captain
\ the official gazette this morning
cr exceptional services rendered 70
military aviation.
a tragic coincidence Of Princetaus y
death was that al the exact spot
where he fell. I4affort the French
viator. and poa, passenger were
silled last December IN the competf
ion for The Automobile clubs prize
ui flight from Paris 10 Brussels, and
auly few Yards away the French
minister 81 war met death four weeks
AGO
Ten Of tile competitors, Tetard, Ca
set. Duyal Coutenet, Charlix l.ehour-
Gilbert. Romance, Iandron and
EAping, although they started offici-
ally, never got beyond the limits Of
Tie field, Either on account Of the
ensty Mini or because their machines
developed eccentricitles, they came
lcwn ana gave up their chances for
winning tie contest
Sixteen different stticR Of biplanes
ana monoplanes we're used
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