The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22

rsris MAY 2l-France paid a terrible toll to-day for lar D.sntaoa,t
80 ~ ~ g. a"a'n uprenaey Of te air, whe a monoplane. The driver of which
su % vines te start Of the race from Paris to Madrid. killing the SINISTER
The dead: III III 1a : e'-kno SPORTSMAN.
'ienri Maurice lBercnur, Minister OF war.
Antoine E"nnnuei Erne.t slouns rrenlr ana Minister Of H.. .ntuo-
Antoine Mons,r son Of he remie 0
I'M other sports. f"au'e snnt'nob
Alargs number Of other personso q note had narrow ESCAPES, 49, ,ntx
.ooo o asael source on the aviation field at Iay les Monneux. wnme
@h@v persons h nag gathered to see the start of there NJ rratn was plloung
a passenger. Neither Of these men was injured he machine ~ - 49, svuas, ~
Min"tero Of Var Is HorrnMy, nnsled.
Minister Of War Rereaux was horribly mangled tn. sv,c,. .a..
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attention seemed monnentarny to have been diverted from his course ana he
men ne los control or the craft Together. Inc 1T dashed Violently into The
ministerial group The impact knocked NJ Berteamx ten feet away where hs
plane h Premier Menis his som %As sss NJ Ea a IA aa Ms4r the T5 Tsaa 4 o. 4, h pa %9asr
emerged from the wreck nintured. @#N a
az as : sssn ne q 't tn lhnn. ean1aAon followed the fail 81 re onoplane From
an an paris 81 me AVIATION hd arose cries ofa alarm nd dtsmay. nd tens OF
|.housandso Of persons broke through the line and moved toward the scene OF
asa y te injured men were given ast aid 70 the inSur rsaD trsasm me- sN i 81 me
there are various versions as to the cause Of the accident but every ON
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ranged the ace. said I'm 49, N"''F' f"s'sps'' ne psa' Partisan Is
m nsrteanx was Just asking m who would be tbs next starter. M l a
onsutin my program to answer him when sianctngu pwa II s,v III. mnr6
.ophne punging and careening toward US 4M ~
SAY" HIN Lytngi In Pool of Blood. &E
HILook out"I cried. and TIT next instant thu wing Of tha asroni,o .f,-,,.aN
my side Looking around. I saw hi Minister of War lying in a nool ~ Mad
his throat
Premier Nnonts lay motonless face downward. I tboupb, III AL, I,
N. Mons,J . said that he thought he saved his fathers life by n,sbinr
him violently to the ground he moment he saw the mabIns ,nrr ns pssnnas
me ar me ministerial party 3wash hidden from the pilots view by a detach-
ment Of eulrassiers In avoiding these. Train crashed down upon the ground
like a bolt from thes sky,
NJ #Dupuy, Immediately atWr the disaster. gave out word thar u. r,m
should be Suspended. NJ Iepine issued a ormal order to that efect. deaarins
that II would e Impossible 10 continue. for a large part Of The ayiauon rMSs
was already covered by vast crowds Late this afternoon however. ,s ssro
Club decided hat the six irmen who had not started to-day should hvs 4
opportnniy to 10 SO o-morrow morning. ~M
NJ Berteauxhs body "a placed in a closed automobile and escorted from
the field by a squadron of dragons, with swords at salute wtue tn. u mans.
Iands Of persons stood uncovered. 6EE1E&E
Paul Deumer,f ormer pr@ident of the Chamber OF peuute ana tA #m~+E
intimate friend Of M family communicated the new OIL her hush nds death to
the ministers wife Mme. Berteaux showed admirable courage #4R#
he body Of the Minister Of War lies at the minNtry.i in the sam room from
which recently his predecessor. General Brun, ws buried
poesN lot Know ertenuN Is Dead 2s#
Premter Monis while being taken from the field In al ambulance repeated
over AND over again in a low voice: ut Is nothing: III IL nothing ad. when liz
mad some what resafned a clearer consciousness said his lniuries muslin not ntes-
,ere With the race He did not know that NJ Berteaux was dead Doctors set
the fractures without the nd Of anesthetesn s&#&f
M President aliores called en- both Mines Rerteaux and Mcnts# and the k{nr
nd Queen Of Denmark. who were leaving Paris in the forenoon. sent their Min
.ster of household 70 express their grief re American AMBASSADOR ana me-
other foreign REPRESENTATIVES. left cards Of coincidence ard sympathy
H. FaInere summoned his Cabinet and NJ. Crupp. Minister of Foreign