Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-09-13
Accident Occurs Not Far
from COIfdx, California
While Reports Stated That His Injuries Were
Serious the Aviator Says He Is Not Badly
Hurt-Repairs for Wrecked Machine Be-
ing Made--Fowler Expects to Be In Reno
Thursday.

will take him across the Sierra
mountains.
After performing a wonderful
light from San Francisco to a point
above Alta in the Sierra Nevada
mountains, and then circling in
great spirals like a wounded bird
looking for place to alight, Rob
elt 6. Fowler, the daring Ameri-
can aviator trying for the Hearst
prize, fell distance Of 500 feet
into the tops of some pine trees
and thence to the ground.
His machine remained dangling
IN the tops of the trees for time
ana, finding himself practically un-
hurt. Fowler made his way to the
telegraph station at Alta and told
the world of his accident. The
planes of his machine for a time
lay outstretched in the pine tree
like the wings of wounded eagle
and the engine, the heart of the
great flying machine, lay near the
loot of,a pine tree not damaged.
Fowler claims he has not lost
a bit of skin and is unhurt ex-
cept fer wrenched back.
lie is now at work on his ma
chine aided by Mechanicians Murry
and Smith, who went from Auburn
to Alta and were there when he
fell.
F. c. Grundy, the promoter, and
two more mechanicians, are at work
in Reno and will leave this even
ing, according to present plans, for
Alta with extra ribs for the BIZ
plane, with wires and other parts
which were damaged when the
machine fell.
Fowler, after the excitement of
his narrow escape had worn, wired
his manager, f. C. Grundy in Reno.
as follows:
The vertical rudder quit work.
ing for some reason, and all | could
do was to swing around in spiral
circles to the left, falling distance
of 500 feet until the machine hit
couple of pine trees. The ma
chine dangled from the trees and
fell to the ground. Ny back
is wrenched. Otherwise | am not
injured and have not lost a bit
of skin Will take from two to
three days to rebuild
Grundy Immediately declared that
if Fowler was game to continue
the race he was also and imme-
diately wired Fowler for the parts
needed for the machine. Fowler
wired the names of the parts need
ed and then went back to the
scene of the wreck to get the ma
chine in shape, aided by his two
mechanicians.
Fowler fell after a wonderful
flight and that he escaped death
is almost miraculous, but he es-
capped, it is said, with slight in
juries, and is now ready 10 con-
tinue his flight toward the east.
He is not in the least daunted by
his experience of yesterday.
Thousands of Reno people, and
men, women and children, all across
the state from Reno to the eastern
state line, were disappointed and
sorry when the news was flashed
over the wires that Fowler had fall
en-, bat they were all glad to learn
that the grave young man was not
injured and all hope to see him
get into the air again and to see
him win the Hearst prize.
Grundy, Immediately OH recent
OF telegram from Fowler, naming
the new parts needed for the ma
chine, set two mechanicians to work
in Reno making new aeroplane ribs
and other parts for the machine
and will leave for Alta with these
parts tonight. "The engine is un-
injured" " said Grundy, and we have
nearly all the extra parts needed
We will get to work on the
machine immediately and hope to
send Fowler into the skies again
on Thursday morning. I really be-
lieVe that Fowler will soar into
Reno Thursday morning, and con-
tinue his fight on across the con-
tinent."
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