The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-19
FATALITY
IN GREAT AIR RACE
Monoplane Drops from Great
Height on House-Pope
to Curb Aviation.
(National News Association

Paris, June 19.-The fourth fatality
attendant upon the Paris to London
aerop:ane race occurred today when
a monoplane was reported to have fall
en- from a great height and killed an
occupant near Mezieres. Fifteen of
the racers had reached Liege up to
noon today.
Scarcely recovered from the grief
that followed the death of Minister of
War Berteaux. when he was struck
by the aeroplane of NJ. Train at the
outset of the Paris to Madrid race,
this city is again in mourning today
as result of the heavy toll of life ex-
tracted yesterday in the first stage of
the European circuit aviation contest.
While the race of death for the $94.-
900 offered in prizes by various news
papers and municipalities was still
going on today, with MANNED bodies
and wrecked aeroplanes marking the
route of the flyers between here and
Liege, concerted efforts were put I'M
der way to prevent similar contests
in the future.
Even the happy-go-iucky Frenchmen
have been shocked by the terrible toll
of death exacted.
Aviator LIE Martin, who was crush
| ed to death when his machine went
wrong Immediately after the start and
crashed to earth with him had become
the hero of the masses by his daring
| aerial work, while Captain Princetau
was the premier aviator OF the army
| and for his work in that branch had
won his promotion from lieutenancy
| on the very day he was killed. His
body, charred from the flames that
burned him to death when his motor
exploded and covered him with blazing
gasoline, lay under guard of six chas-
seurs today, while a French flag COW
cred his almost unacceptable fea.
lures. He will be given a state fun.
erai. While he was not a competitor
in the race from London and return,
he had nevertheless taken this oppor.
tunity to work out some scouting
! problems that were expected to prove
of inestimable benefit to the French
army.
| Aviator Lendron, who also burned
to death when his reservoir exploded
was not so we'll known as the other
two aviators, but had made many
friends in his brief career.
| Though fully a dozen of those who
started suffered injuries of one kind or
another on the first leg, the only one
who may be fatally hurt is Ex-Lieut
Gaubert, who entered under the name
of palger. He fell fifty miles from
Paris and is lying unconscious in a
farm house.
Among the others injured more OF
less seriously are Aviators Bile, Lori
dan, Oscar Morrison, NORM.
Charles T. Weymann, the only
American in the contest, told thrill
ing story of the dangers which had be
set the air men at Rheims. Those who
passed Rheim flew by the plains O
Bethany where the first internationa
aviation tournament was held.
1T was necessary to mount fal
above the clouds and direct our flight
by compass" said Weymann. Danger
Gus whirlwinds, the like of which
had never felt before threatened de
struction. They rose up in swift!
gyrating etdies which made it neces
sary to get out of their range. In or
der to do this we had to ascend t.
such a height that the earth below
was invisible. 1t was very cold, blu
far safer than the winds further
down."