The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-01-05
AIRmEN KILLED
IN FALLS TO EARTH


Hoxey, at Los Angeles and
Moisant, at New Orleans, Meet
Death In Awful Manner.
John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxsev. avi.
ators extraordinary. were killed SATURDAY
Both fell out of the treacherous air WIFE
their machines-neither from q vast height
land Moisant's remaining minutes OF lffe
were SO few as to count Tor naught
Hoxsey was killed instantly.
Moisant met his death at 1856 q. M, at.
tempting to alight in q field q few mileA
from New Orleans, La.
Hoxsey. who went into the air early II
the afternoon at Los Angeles, Cal,, 81
view OF the thousands who were watching
the aviation tournament. Thus the iast
day Of 1910. in bringing the total number
Of deaths OF those who rave sought TO en-
ulate the birds to IS. capped the list witT
two Of the most tIlustrious OF those airInen
who have been writing the history OF AVA.
ton in the skies OF two continents.
Moisant. a Chicagoan by birth, after an
adventurous life in Central America, be.
come Interested in aviation In France less
than a year ago. After soaring into pub.
! lie recognition by his plncky flight from
Paris across the English channel to Lon
don with a passenger n later finding
himself without a machine, by buying one
from a friend and within 10 minutes starts
Ing on his winning fight from
park, New York, around the Statue OF
Liberty1for a prize OF $4,000. MoisaTtscaIn
to have q name for fearlessness in the air
Saturday a sudden puff of wind caught
him within. 500 feet OF the earth, turned hia
machine and a broken neck terminated his
tcareer.
Crowd Is Paralyzed.
Arch Hoxsey, after q year OF uniform
success with the Wright ~aeroplane, in
which he had come to have a name for
fearlessness and In which only within the
week he had set a new worlds altitude
record OF 1,474 feet and then had sailed
more than 1000 feet above the highest
mountain in California, ran afoul OF the
same shifty, treacherous wind, when q
matter Of some 500 feet in the air and IN O
minute a Mortified crowd, aroused from
its shock, was rushing madly to where a
broken mass of humanity lay beneath a
torn bit of canvas and some broken bars.
Both met death In almost the same man
ner. Each machine was headed for the
earth and suddenly seemed to stop, hover,
then turn over onto its nose and dive
headlong to the earth-and to destruction.
Moisant's a%eroplane was a Bleriot mono
plane. and in addition to the heavy engine
in front Of the main planes. he had fast
ened a tank holding IS gallons OF gasoline.
Aviation experts believe q sudden puff of
wind stopped his machine In the air and
the heavy weight ahead dragged the Light
framework behind it, fipping the then use
less rear elevator toward the zenith in de-.
|rision.
Suffers Broken Neck.
From his position partly back OF the
main planes Moisant was tipped out. clear
of the machine n struck the ground on
his head, breaking his neck. He died on
a fatcar on which he was being rushed to
New Orleans.
Hoxsey, likewise, was returning from a
Journey in the clouds. He was within 200
feet of the earth and cheers were going
up to meet him. when his machine. like
wise, seemed to stop still. shudder and
whirI over and over to the ground. 15 IN
the morning tragedy. the rear elevator.
rendered useless when the momentum was
gone. Topped around useless. Hoxsey
vainly endeavored to right his craft by
warping the main planes and by the use
of the rudder. Vain attempts they We're,
for before sufficient momentum was
gained the structure crumpled and fell to
earth, the heavy engine being torn loose.
Tragedy Record of Year.
Counting Hoxsey and Moisant, " aVi-
ators and their passengers were killed In
1910 in falls from heavier than air ma
chimes, against five in the two years pre-
vious. And those three years comprise the
working history Of the sport. for IT was In
1908 that Lieutenant Thomas e. Selfridge,
u. s. A, fell with orville Wright In the
first public trial of the aeroplane at Fort
Myer. He was the first passenger and the
first man killed in a self sustained ma.
chine.
The other American dead, all killed this
year, are: tombstone, Moisant and Hox.
sey.
The records of aviation in 1910 bore out
Iffa fprehOdfnpS of those veterans. who
when noyices first began to flock the air
warned: Watch the death list
The complete list of the year is:
De la Grange, Leon, at Bordeaux, France
January A.
LIE Blon, Hubert, at San Sebastian
|, Spain, April 2.
Michelin, Hauvette, at Lyons, France
May 10.
De zosely, Aindan. at Budapest, Hun
!, gary. June 2.
!, Robl. Thaddeus. at Stettin. Germany
. June IS.
) Wachter, Charles. at Reims. France
! July 3.
Kinet, Daniel, at Client, Belgium, Jul,
10.
Rolls, Hon. Charles Stewart. at Bourne
mouth, England, July u.
Kinet. Nicholas, at Brussels. Belgium
August 8.
Vivaldi, Marquis, lieutenant of Italia
army, near Rome, August 20.
/, Van Maasdyk, A, near Arnheim, Meth
eriands, August Y.
i Poilette. Edmund c., Chartres. France
r September rs.
chavez, George. Demondosola. Italy
September q.
Plotchman, NJ, Mulhausen. Germany
. September IS.
Hans. Heinrich Wallen, Germany, Sep
TENDER 28.
8 Maziewch, Captain, st. Petersburg, DC
: tober Z.
Madiot. Captain, Douai. France. octo
t Der %.
: Mente, Lieutenant, I-adgeburg, Ger
many, October rs
9 Blanchard. Fernando, Issy Les Molfn
eaux. France. October n.
r SagIiette, Lieutenant Contoseiio, Ital,
October q.
tombstone. Ralph. Denver, Colo. Novem
Der II.
Cammarola. army engineer and a pr
e vate, at Centosello, italy. December 3.
C Grace. Cecil S., lost in English channe
December %.
h Laffort, Alexander, Paris, France, Dc
n 1 o4r,har DS