The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-03
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Vern geaeuasd R q Aviate1s HItes Death '';'l|
.las.aaS y Fains
MISJUD(,ED CURRENTS
Moisant, as New Orleans, Falls Hun-
dreds OF Feet and HAS His Neck
Brcten-Ho.sey, st Los Angeles
is Dashed %; ], Earth in Aeroplane E
and Crushed BY the Machine.

Is Dashed 10 EafLn IN aeropiane
and Crushed By the Machine.
John B: Moisant and Arch Hoxsey,
ayiators. extraordinary. were killed
Saturday. Both feli:s out OF the
treacheroue ;sIirs currents With their
machines--neither from vast
heiEht-and y. Noisant's remaining
minutes :os HE wero 30 few as TO
count as nsught; Hoxsey was killed
instantly. s$it3 To- I.'iii.' - .sSi't
+ Moisant met his death at e:b5 a.
M. attempting 10 aheht In a.aeld q
few miles from New Orleans, La:
,Hoxsey, who went into tho air r-eafly
in the afternoon at Los Angeles,
Cal, leysat 2:1s:p. ma crusheds life
less mass IN view OF the Thousands
who were watching the aviation
tournament. ~ g,''5$5 ~ :.
I Thus the last day or 1910. Ia
bringing the total NUM- ber OF deaths
Of aviators to thirty. capped the list
with two Of the most illuBtrious Of
those atrmen who have been writing
The history of aviation In the skies
OF two continents. =,
e Moisant, Chicagoan by birth, af-
ter an adventurous. life In Central
America, became interested In avia-
tion in France less than e. year ago.
After soaring into public recognition
by his pluckJ' blight from Paris across
the English Channel to London, with
a passenger, Moisant's fearlessness
and re- urcefulness were exhibited
frequeatly. Finding himself without
a machine, he7 purchased one from
a friend for $4,000, and within ten
minutes, starting on his winning
fight from Belmont Park, N. T.,
around the Statue OF Liberty, win
ming prize Of $4,000.
Today q sudden puff OF wind
caught him within 500 feet of the
earth, turned his machine over and
broken neck terminated, his ca
reef. Is. ,s Il: .,.....: q, rs
Arch .Hoxaar,!:sfrerSa rear; OF unl7
form succsss with the Wright aero
planes. hadsggined q name for dar-
ing and competence In the ta!r. Only
within the week he had set q new
worlds altitude record OF 11.47A
feet, and then to show his contempt
for the earth, had sailed nra1estteally
more than 1000 feet above Mount
Wilson. Today he ran Rfoul Of the
Same kind OF boiling, treeeheroue
wind when some 500 feet from the
earth. and o. minute later horrifled
crowd, aroused from It's shock, vaa
rrahing madly to where broken
maes of humanity lay beneath a'torh
bit Of canvas and some broken spars.
Both met death In aimos. the same
manner. Each machine was headed
for the earth and suddenly seemed
to stop, hover IN the air. then "turh
over on to its nose,"' ani dive heaa-
long to the earth---and 70 destruc.
tion. s......z,5..@g ~
Molsant's eeroplane was Bleriot
monopiene, and In addition to the
heavy engine in front OF the main
planes, he had fastened tank hold
Ing IS gallons of gasoline. Aviation
experts believe sudden puff Of wind
stopped his machine aeud In the air
and the heavy weight ahead dragged
the light framework behind 1t, Flip
ping the then useless rear elevator.
From his position partly back Of the
main planes, Molsant was dipped out,
clear ;of the machine, end struck the
ground Oh his head, breaking hln
neck. He died on a fiat car upon
which he was being rushed to New
Orleans.
Horsey, likewise wac returning
from:s Journey Into the clouds. He
was within I've hundred feet Of the
earth and ckeera were going up to
meet the conquerer or the Shtshs:
air, when bis machine seemed 70
stop. sh1dder and whlrl over and over
to the ground. As In the morning'a e
tragedy, the rear elevator. rendered
useless when tho momentum was
gone. clipped around. helpless to aid
the fated machints HoXsey vainlS
eadeapored! to right his craft b.
warplng: the main planes aud By Csc
OF the rudder. Vain attempts. these.
for before sufficient momentum was
gained the frail structure was crutn
pied upon the earth, the heary en-.
gine being torn loose.
Only few farmers and aids saw
Moisant. hurled to his death. but
fed gaze Of th.&1sands who had come
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