The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-08
THE DEADLY AVIATION.

The year of 1910 closed with the
horror of two aviators being dashed
to death, one Of those being Salt
Lake man, Mr.. Ho1Bey, who met his
death in the aviation flights at Los
Angeles on December 3lst, One reads
accounts from time to time Of deaths
of aviators, or birdmen,' but does
not realize how many Of those men
60 to their deaths within a given
time until the list Of the dead is
made up. The year 1910 WINS especially
disastrous in the deaths Of aviators.
The New York Tribune has compiled
the list Of those among them who lost
their lives in the past twelve months.
The list numbers thirty, and is ns fol
lows;
Leon Delagrnnee. Bordeaux, France,
January 4.
Hubert LIE Blon. San Sebastian. Spain.
April 2
Hauvette Michelin, Lyons, France.
May 10.
Aindan de zosely. Budapest. Hungary.
June 2.
Eugene speyer San Francisco. June ls
Thaddeus Robi Stettin, Germany,
Charles wachter. Rheims. France.
July g.
Charles Stewart Rolls. Bournemouth.
Daniel Kinet, Ghent, Belgium. July 10.
Nicholas Kinet, Brussels. Belgium, Au-
gust 3.
Marquis vivaldi. Rome. Italy. Au-
:. A. 1S Van Ma, Maasdyk, Arnheim, Neither
Edmond PoilIot. Chartres, France. Sep
Georges Chavez, Domo d'Ossola. Italy.
September 81.
Plochman. Mulhausen Germany. Sep
Heinrich Haas. WeIlen. Germany. Sep
Captain Maziewich. ST. Petersburg.
Captain Madiot, Dousi. France. octo-
Der 23.
Lieutenant Mente. MadgeburE. Ger
many. October 25.
neauX. France, October 27.
Lieutenant Saglietti: Centoseio Italy.
October 81.
Ralph Johnstone. Denver, Colo. No
signor cammarota, centrosello. Italy,
December 5.
cscll S; S. Grace, English Channel. De-
Senior Piccolo. Sac Panic. Brazil De-
ceuber IS.
Alexander Laffort. Paris. France, De-
cember 2S.
Marquis Paula. Paris. France. Decem-
her IS.
Lieutenant dc Caumont, st. Cyr.
France. December 30
John B Moisant. New Orleans. Decem-
ber 81.
Arch Hoxsey, Los Angeles. Decem-
Der 81.
There is a pretty constant procession
of deaths in this list Beginning with
one early in January, the record skips
till April, in which there was one
death, and one in May, Jupe saw three
deaths, July three, August three, Sep
tember four, October five, November
one, and December eight.
tt is shocking to see such list as
that, and to see that the mortality in
aviation appears to be of increasing
quantity Those ambitious for air
flight will undoubtedly not be deferred
by this long list of deaths during the
year Just past. And yet, it ought to.
be weighty in caution, and should in
spire those who venture into the air
to surround themselves with every pos
sibIe precaution against disaster. But
the riding of the aeroplane, we Judge.
is a good deal more perilous than walk
ing the tight-rope, and the riding of a
bicycle is not to be compared with it.
In spite of its perils and it's long, shock
ing list of fatalities, without doubt men
will persevcre until they have conquered
the air Just as men pcrsevered in the
dawning of the race in undertaking
to conquer the water, which has long
been an accomplished fact. And yet,
even on the water disasters are griev-
ously frequent, and mankind is shown,
whether on the water or in the air, to
be but puny thing when setting him
self against the tremendous forces Of
nature.