Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-01-04

To-day he ran afoul OF TIE

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wind when some 500 feet from the
earth, and a minute later a Mortified
crowd, aroused from It's shock, was
rushing madly 'to#'where a broken
mass OF humanity lay benealth a torn
bit of canvas and some broken spars.
Both men met death in almost the
same manner. Each machine was
headed for the earth, and suddenly
seemed to stop, hover in the air, and
then "turn over on to its nose" and
dive headlong to the earth--and to
destruction
Headlong Through the Air.
MoisantS aeroplane was a Bleriot
monoplane, and in addition to the
heavy engine in front of ihe main
planes, he had fastened a talk hold
ing 35 gallons of gasoline. Aviation
experts believe that a sudden pun of
wind stopped his machine dead in
the air and tne heavy weight ahead
dragged the light framework behind
1t, fipping the then useless rear ele-
vator. From his position partly back
Of the main planes Moisant was flip
ped out, clear Of the machine, and
struck the ground on his head, break
ing his neck. He died upon fiat
car upon which he was being rushed
to New Orleans
Rushed to Death Amid Cheers.
tIoXsey likewise was returning from
Il journey into the clouds. He was
Within 500 feet OF the earth, and
cheers were goins. up to meet the con-
queror OF the sir when ms machine
seemed TO stop, shudder and whirl
over and over to the ground. AS in
the mornings tragedy the rear elcva-
tor, rendered useless when the mo-
mentum was gone, tipped around,
helpless to aid the fated machine.
HoXsey vainly endeavored to right
his craft by warping the main planes
and by use OF the rudder. Vain at
tempts these, for before sufficient mo-
mentum was gained the frail struc-
the heavy engine being torn loose.
Only a few farmers and aids saw
Moisant hurled to his death, but HoN-
sey's end came before the Mortified
gaze OF thousands who had come out
In the pleasant afternoon to watch
the bird-mcn darting here and there
through the air.
The days pleasure ended when an
announcer, sadly lifting his mega
phone, droned out the message, "Arch
HoXsey has been killed. There will
be no more flying to-day"
His Mother Not There.
Mrs. G. NJ. HoXscy, Of Pasadena,
Cal, missed by a mere accident see
ing her son meet his death. She had
arranged to take her first aeroplane
ride with her son to-day. Some detail
Of Importance in her household de-
tanned her, and word Of the accident
was taken to her by Roy Knabenshue
and Thomas Jackson, OF the Wright
Company
Forecasts of the Accidents.
Forecasts Of the fatal accidents
We're made in both instances. A l5-
mile wind, with gusty intervals, caus-
ed attendants to shake their heads at
Moisant, but he laughed at them and
sailed up for a try at the long dist
anco sustained flight record and the
Michelin cup, with it's attendant
$4,000 prize. Death was the victor
in the lont, contest it has fought with
the daring Chicagoan
When Walter Brookins and HoX-
sey, who, with Parmalee, alone we're
left OF the Wright exhibition teams
wheeled :hoii' machines out, warnings
were offered by half score OF the
flyers. each of whom bore a record
for daring in the air.
'It's too full Of holes up there to-
day" they all agreed. ITS just like
a Swiss cheese; better stay on the
ground"
Hoxsey, smiling as he had on the
day when, in similar wind he had
gone far up into the blue to a new
worlds record for height, again took
the air. His barograph, still running
when the crowds reached the heap Of
and canvas and broken
sticks, showed the fatal drop started
when tho aviator had come down to
within 5G3 feet OF the ground.
Thirty Bird-Ncn Lost i'm 1910.
New York, Jan. 2.--The rc> as Of
aviation this year bore out tho fore
bodings Of those veterans, who, when
novices first began to flock the air,