New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-15
Mars Had Found Trouble.

Before starting on the second flight,
said Mrs. Mars. Bud came to me and
said that something was wrong with the
atmosphere ut the lower end of the field.
He said it almost gave him serious
trouble during the first flight
"Thc day was ideal and did not have
any fear for kim. / was surprised, how
ever. to notice that after he ascended the
first time he flew directly to the
lower end of the field, where ne had
found conditions unfavorable. I never
took ny eyes off him. He began to de-
scend. and was relieved, for l thought
the danger was all over then.
"Thc next moment | saw him working
desneratelv with the controller, but IL
would not respond, apparently, and the
machine .1arted toward the earth. |
started forward. shut my eyes and
screamed. don't remember what hap
pened next
Tonight Or Boughton issued a state
mont to the effect that the aviators
chest was badly injured, that he had
sustained concussion of the brain and
suffered internal injuries. while he IS
also bruised from head to foot
Chicago. July H-"Bud" Mars lett here
last night for Erie, after having witnessed
the fall Of D. A. Kreamer, who met death
while trying for a pilots license. The
eight Of Kreamers accident apparently did
not unnerve Mars.
"Jt was another life given UP trying 10
cone with the air." he said. "and IT has
taught Ms nothing. No one ever will know
what was the exact cause Of the accident
Every condition was favorable, and still
he fell. Now that he is gone, we must
remember his family
Mars started fund with his own con-
tribution.
lanes &. Mars has many daring fosis Of
the air TO his credit, and. In one respect
his record is unique. He is the first Ameri-
can aviator. ~ not the only ono Of any ma
tionaltv. to have made what was practi-
caIIv a globe clrcling tour as an aviator
Mars left san Francisco in December and
returned TO New York last month. laden
with trophies and a logboOk ~ over two
hundred and fifty successful flights in the
orient He few in Honolulu. Manila. Su-
mstra. japan. Java. Corea. Siberia, Russia
and other out-of-the-way places and on
one occasion had a royal passenger-thc
King Of Siam-on a twelve-mile flight.
Though the first victim OF the aeroplaue
vas an American. Lieutenant Thomas r.
Selfridge. this country has been fortunate
in losing few Of the men who have placed
II jr the front ranks in the new art Of
diving OF the seVenty-nve killed up 10
date. including MATS olly iNe been wen
known Americans.
Lieutenant Sefridge. OF the United
states army's signal corps. was killed at
ECrt Myer Virginia. on September H. 1908
tyhile making test flight with Orvl,lc
\[fight tn a Wright biplane Tho accident
,',ts probably due tO a broken propeller
Nfr Wright himself was badly injured and
narrowly escaped death. on November II.
iGtO Ralph JDhnstone, one of Americas
tnost sensational flyers. was killed at Den
,e, while making a spiral glide al a height
~ son feet Tne lower left plane of his
machine broke and hurled him to tho
oro,iud John Il. Moisant, the American
Hrgbo won tho Statute Of Liberty flight
nrize was killed Oh December 81. 1910
while trying for the Michelin prize In a
Bleriot monoplanc near New Orleans.
d,ir.g mate. was Killed at Los Angeles
'Tbis has already been a record wear for
arrppIaue fatalities only one man was
Iilic1 in 1908 The next wear. 1909 four
lives were lost; III 1910 lhere were thirty
go.,r fatalities recorded. and the 1910 record
L,s ALREADY been exceeded during the cur
r"nt year with thrty-siX fatal accId.utg
to date one occurred to-day IN Alglsrs.
y.berr 4 French aviator fell With his aero
p.are and was klll"1.
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