The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

French aviator, had just essayed a flight in his Antoinette machine. He came down rapidly, but cautiously when he saw Hoxsey fall. He landed within few feet of the spot where the Wright biplane fell.
 Leaping out of his machine, the little Frenchman was among the first to attack the wreckage and lift the motor from the dead aviator.
 If was found that Hoxsey's body was terribly broken and mangled; his left jaw had been fractured; his goggles had been shatteerd and the fragments of glass driven into his eyes, and all of the ribs on his ride side had been crushed.
 A broken strut one of the wooden stan chions between the upper and lower planes, had been driven through his body under the lowest rib One leg was almost doubled below the knee, and the other was broken in two or three places.
 Hoxsey's barograph instruments were uniniured. They were running as if noth- ing had happened when the judges took charge of them. The charts showed that Hoxsev fell a distance of 563 feet. He had been up 7142 feet and had begun the fatal glide while at an altitude of 6673 feet
 Latham Was Watching
 Latham said he was watching Hoxsey when he entered the vortex of the coun- ter current which caused his fall
 "It was the same hole in the air that caused me to alight,' said the French- man. From the actions of Hoxsey's ma chine, the conflicting currents were war ring 100 or 1900 feet up. When HoAsey started his last glide one current caught the right end of his planes ana hl'ed .he machine up and turned IL over.
 "At best in these spiral glides an aVla- tor has but a dangerous and narrow mar ein of ai, bank to support him. Hoxsey seemed to slip out of the bank ehtireiy and he fell like a brick. In my opinioi the fall was due to the treacnerous air currents. ..,oo;o., conditions in my life as preVaiieo .uu'y ,t Hoxseys machine WAS ihtaN'
 struck the ground.
 within a few minutes after Hoxsey h,d., had been borne from the field to ms bosnital the American flag flying over lie hangar was lowered to half-mast anu the curtains were drawn before the en- trance. .,..or
 James Radley. the English aviator snranp on the roof of his hangar next to Hoxsey's, and climbing the pole like wise half-masted his flag
 strong Men Weep
 The machines standing on the leio were drawn into their shelters cur'aihs were drawn and the members or the o.mns withdrew into their quarters ana eat about silently with bowed heaos III .ro;r hands Many of them wept ana were unable to speak. ,
 Aviator Charles F. Willard, Who nao rredicted an accident just moment be- fore the tragedy. burst into tears.
 Glenn Curtiss, habitually taciturn, gave inst one laconic order
 ..Tear down the bunting; lower all the flags" ,,,
 He instructed his mechanicians and all ,,,s GOV, trimmings disappeared in the Curtss hangar.
 Many of the amateurs who had been ex- nerimenting with flying machines made immediate preparations to quit the 1iyins same Two tents were removed wHhin
 fau, minutes after Hoxseys crash to earth.
 one tent was blown down by the wind that caused the tragedy and two ma chimes which had ben standing on an eminence to the northwest of the fieid were wrecked by the gale as they stood m the ground. These belonged to local ayaiators. Only the motors and nronellers of each were saved out Of the wreckage
 Hoxsev's, automobile, which he used on inc field to tow his biplanes from the hangar to the starting place, was used to convey his body to his home in Pasa- dena.
 Thomas P. Jackson accompanied the body, while Roy Knabenshue sped on ahead to prepare Hoxsey's mother Tor the sorrowful, final homecoming.
 UOxsey Hears of MOisnnt's Death
 Los Angeles, December 31.-(Spe- c;alo-A few minutes before Hoxsey' > fatal flight boy passing his hangar cried the news of the death of Mois- ant in New Orleans. Hoxseys mech anician tried to chase him away but Hoxsey demanded paper and got 1t. :. .'There's another good man gone, he said. He was awfully reckless, though, and a reckless man and a Bleriot machine do not go together. Je took more chances than any man I know. | have seen him while in the air take his feet completely off the steering gear to reach over and turn on oil Any one else in the world would come down to turn on oil He was flirting with death when he did such a careless stunt"
 Parmelee was talking to Knabenshue and others when he heard of Moisant's $ accident.
 "There goes another. he said. Tt won't be long before it gets all of us. We ourselves do not realize the chances we take. Even if warping wire were to break we would fall like a stone. When a man gets into this business he knows what he is up gainst and must be ready to take l the final chance"
 Hoxsey was asked today how long he intended to remain in the aviation business.
 1T don't want to stay in 1t any long er than I can help." he said. "I want