The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-20
ELY
 MEETS DEATH
JUMPED FROM 4l.PLANE IN PREFERENCE TO BEING KILL.
 ED UNDER MACHINE.
Was a Daring 6irdman and Had Vol unteered to Make Night Flights at Macon in Phosphorous
 Covered Machine.

Macon, Ga., Oct. 19.-Eugene Ely. the well known aviator, was fatally Injured at the State Fair grounds this afternoon shortly after o'clock when his machine failed to rise from a sensational dip and plunged with nm fifty feet to the ground.
 He fell in the presence of nearly 5000 people to teh middle of the in closure of the mile track after al most clearing the machine by a des- perate leap when he realized his iperil.
 His body was broken in score of places and he died eleven minutes later regaiping consciousness just before the end long enough to mutt ter:
 T lost control---l know Pm going to die"
 Ely made remarkable flight this morning shortly before noon. when he ascended to an altitude of 3,100 feet. at 2;iG o'clock he began his second flight of the day, rising grace fully from the track inclosure, which he circled in few minutes travel ling at about 90 miles an hour.
 As he was completing the circle he made one of his famous dips, seemingly to startle the thousands beneath him, who were watching him Iwit strained eyes.
 | The birdlike machine shot down with tremendous velocity and the Icrowd applauded thinking the ayia- tor wouli rise. as he had done many times before. in the manner of Il bird.
 But Ely seemed to lose his grip On the lever for the machine con ltinued its downward plunge to the earth and he attempted to rise from Ihls seat. In fact he released the lever altogether and jumped, barely Iclearing the aeroplane as it crashed to the ground. IL was demolished bits of wood and metal flying hun dreds of feet, so great was the im- pact, while Ely struck with terrific force.
 Scores rushed across the track to where he lay bloody, inert mass He was tenderly removed from be meath the wreckage and carried to the shade of his hangar Runners searched the grounds for physicians while others telephoned for ambu- dances.
 The crowd surged about the han gar but were kept in order by the policemen who had gathered. In the meantime everything possible was done for the injured man, but he died shortly after reaching the hospital.
 Ely left his wife in New York two weeks ago to come to Macon to give a series of flights for the Georgia State Fair in his Curtiss biplane. Enroute he stopped at Davenport, Ia. to visit relatives.
 He had given spectacular lemon lstrations here for eight days. going lup one occasion in rainstorm. To day he offered to make a flight by might, painting his craft with phos lphorous ESQ as to startle the natives, he told the fair decorators.
 The offer was declined for the req lson that he wantei thousand dol lars and the association thought the sum too large and the performance unnecessary.
 i Before making hls ascent this af ternoon, Ely told his attendants tha' be feared something would happer and asked them to notify his wife i'm mediately at St. Marybury Hall, 161 West 14th Street. New York. Th' message notifying Mrs. Ely of he husbands death was sent by th' management of the fair association.
 Ely's body will be taken to Nev York by his assistant early tomor row.