New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-19
THREE AV|AT0RS
MEET DEATH; TWO
BURN IN M|DA|R
European Circuit Race Marked
at Its Start at Paris by
Two Fatalities.
ARMY CAPTAIN ALSO KILLED
Motors Explode in the Air in Two
Instances, Flooding Men with
Gasolene, Which Ignites
on Their Clothing.
PROMOTION PRECEDES DEATH
Minister Of War Had Just Published
Decree Conferring Captaincy on
Ill-Fated Man for "Excep-
tional Services to Mill
tary Aviation

Paris. June ls-Fifty aeroplsnists took
wing early to-day from the aviation field
n, Vincennes on the first stage Of the
European circuit race, which calls for
! fight to London and return, with stops
at various places going and returning
Two Of the aviators and an army cap
tain. manPuvr1ng AT Issy-les Mouli-
neaux. met with tragic deaths, and at
least one was ersvely hurt.
The dead:
IN nidsr az Is-y-ies Nolir.suS. foofi-z
him with gssolene and burning him -
the motor % MS a-roplsn. crusnins -
head
/ LANDRON. NJ uhoss hsuzine exploding ir
/ n1idsir near chateau -rherr-. burned him
70 death
THE INJURED
GAUeEeT. NJ former ll-g'.n,n. IN -.
| army, who pas entered IN the civilisn rscs
wing ssnseisss near his machine y a
ggh,.., ggh-,, heId T., o,- fogr niles & from vll'r'
BILE NJ His asroplsn. struck The -a-h
vrAcked Bile vas injured. bat not seri-
olsr
Three other birdmen fell. VI. Jordan.
near Charleville: Oscar Morrison, close 70
, Gagny. and VI. NORM. az Chevron. with
/ in twenty-five miles OF Liege. which is
/ the end OF the first stage Of the race.
/ None OF these men was badly hurt.
! though all Of them we're greatly shaken
/ up.
OF the frty aviators who started IN the
race thirty-eight were civilians and
twelve officers assigned to the contest
for military duty. Hung up for the COM
petitors are prizes amounting 10 s94Ovo.
\ dispatch tonight from Liege' Bel
GUM. which was the first days stopping
| place on the circuit race. announces that
seven Of the ayiators who started from
/ Vincennes this morning had arrived. the
distance being 32O kilometres OH
/ miles,.
/ They we're recorded in the following
order. Vidart (of Paris-Turin race
fame). 8 hours II minutes; Nedrlne
/ Cvinner Of the Paris Madrid rsce), 3
/ hours 33 minutes: Charles T Weymann.
the young American aviator. in Nieu.
port monoplane. 3 hours ~ minutes:
Beaumont (of the Turin race).
( hours > minutes. Barrs. hours 5 min
utes: DuvaI. hours 81 minutes, and
Garros hours 3 minutes.
Blown About by Wind.
All seven declared that the flight from
Rheims was the worst in their expert
ence. They were beset with furious
eddies. amounting almost 10 whirlwinds.
which forced them 10 mount far above
the clouds and grope their way by COM
pass.
Vidart was completely exhausted. In
addition to the difficulties he encountered
in keeping his machine level he suffered
from air sickness. Many times he
thought his last hour had come and that
would fall
Barra also told OF the dangers from
the winds, which drove his machine in
all directions. once a particularly severe
gust tore off his goggles. but he caught
them with his teeth as they were drop
ping. and almost capsized his machine in
doing SO.
OF the other contestants. Vile. Dies
pei. Bobba. Amerigo. Verrept. Contenes
and Pascal are in OF near Rheims, either
engaged in making repairs or awaiting
second machines To take the place Of
their damaged aeroplanes.
Tabuteau. the holder OF the worlds
record for continuous fight, is stalled at
Mezieres with Kimmerling and Wyn-
malen. while Alard and Lelasseur are at
Rethel.
RenauX. who Uon the Michelir prize
last March by his celebrated flight 10
the top OF Puv de Dome. and who
was the only aviator 10 carry passen-
ger in to-dsy's race. had bad luck He
was forced 10 land on account Of q wind
eddy when within two hundred Yards of
tho aerodrome at Liege he was not
hurt but the propeller Of his machine
was spIntered, obuging him 10 await the
repair automoblc. within sight Of the
goal
Almcst a Million See Start.
Dawn AZ Nincennes saw many hun
dreds of thousands OF persons-variously
estimated at from 10000 to 90O.OOo-
massed around the military exercise field
TO witness the start OF the race Stages.
cabs and automobiles had been running
thither throughout the night with spec
tators. The roads were choked with
vehicles. and reserves OF troops had To
be hastily summoned TO deal with the
refractory element in the crowd. There
also were on the aviation field multi
tudes OF persons on foot who had come
from the nearby underground railway
stations. Six thousand soldiers and four
thousand police. most Of then mounted,
stroye 10 keep the field clear. vinccnnes
is just beyond the Paris wall. on the
southeast.
4 single gun fred at 5.f5 o'clock sig
nailed the commencement of the prelim-
inaries 70 the race The Able Lsrebourg