The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-22

start Of the Paris to Madrid race,
killing Henri NJ. Berteaux, the French
minister of war, and injuring two
other men. Premier Monis, who was
buried beneath the wreckage of the
monoplane, sustained compound
fractures of two bones in the right
leg, had his nose broken, his face
badly confused and received bruises
on the breast and abdomen. He pass
ed quiet night. ----
M. Train was piloting the mono-
plane that wrought such havoc. With
him in the car was NJ. Bounier,
passenger. Neither of these men was
injured. The machine was wrecked.
Minister of War Berteaux was hor-
rible mangled. The swiftly revolving
propeller cut off cleanly his left arm.
which was found ten feet away from
the spot where he was struck; tha
back of his head was crushed in. his
throat gashed and the whole of his
left side cut and lacerated.
Premier Monis was buried beneath
the wreckage Of the monoplane. He
was taken out as quickly as possible
and examined by military surgeons,
who found that he had sustained
compound fractures of two bones in
the right leg, that his nose was brok-
en-, his face badly confused, and that
there we're bruises on the breast and
abdomen.
NJ. Deutsch and M. Monis were not
seriously hurt.
Among those who had narrow es-
capes from injury was NJ. Lepine, the
prefect of police.
Premier Monis and Minister Ber-
teaux and their party arrived at the
aviation field about o'click in the
morning shortly after Roland Gar
ros, M. Beaumont and NJ. Gilbert had
started in the race.
The great line of spectators bor-
dering the flying field was held rigid
by a large force of soldiers. They,
however. permitted the ministerial
party and some half hundred other
persons of distinction to walk across
get a better view down the course
the starting point and flew in their
direction.
| While the great assemblage cheer
ed, the ministers saw Pierre We'd
rine, who had been picked by many
as the probable winner of the race,
mount easily from the ground and
head down the aerodrome. Sudden
ly his areoplane capsized and fell,
but the aviator emerged unhurt from
the wreckage of his machine.
! Aviator Train, whose monoplane
caused the accident, meanwhile
had taken his position at the start
ing line, levers in hand and with M.
Bounier beside him.
The breeze had been steadily
freshening and the meteorological
observer in the Eiffel tower tele-
phoned that his gauge showed a
velocity of close to thirty miles an
hour.
Train. however, left the ground.
Ascending swiftly he circled the
great field, curving round to the
starting line and then flying down
4 the course at forty mile an hour
gait, the machine rocking in the
gusty winds.
At this moment it was observed by
the commandant of the troops that
the crowds were breaking the line
formation on one side of the field,
and he dispatched a troop of cuirass-
iers to get them back in order
The cuirrassiers galloped across
the field, breaking into double lines
as they went.
Trains monoplane here swooped
toward the earth under the impulse
of an air slurry, and it appeared as
though the aviator was about to dash
into the cavalry. The pilots atten-
ton seemed momentarily to have
been diverted from his course and he
made a quick turn to the left, toward
where the party of officials were
standing. Then he lost control Of
the craft altogether and it dashed
violently into the ministerial group.
The impact knocked NJ. Berteaux
ten feet away, where he lay in pool
of blood. badly mangled, while un-
der the wreckage of the monoplane
lay Premier Monis, his son and NJ,
Deutsch. Train and NJ. Bounier en-
erged from the wreckage uninjured.
A scene of frightful confusion fol-
lowed the fall of the monoplane.
From all parts of the aviation field
arose cries of alarm and dismay and
tens of thousand of persons broke
through the lines and moved toward
the scene of the accident The cav
airy. however, by repeated charges
managed to clee- the field and the
injured men were given f1rst aid to
the injured treatment by the field
surgeons. From the first 1t was
seen that M. Berteaux was fatally
hurt and that NJ. NIonis was serious
ly injured. After the ministers had
been cared for the surgeons dressed
the wounds of those who had receiv-
ed minor bruises.