The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-22
Berteaux Dies Instantly and. Premier M0nis Is Seri-
 ously Injured <. 200, J0O WITNESS
 AWFUL ACCIDENT. Aviator Train Loses Control of the Machine at,the Start of Paris to Madrid Race-Disorgan-
 izes the Cabinet

trol. plunged into group or meinoeis of the cabinet, who had gathered 10 Wit ,eas the start of a race from Parls 'o Madrid. killing the minister of war ana irinrfne the prime minister, his son anu u.,1.,nown sportsman. The dead:
 Henri Maurice Berteaux, minister or war.
 The injured:
 Antonine En1manuel Ernest Monis, pre- u,ier and minister of the interior.
 Antoine Monis, son of the premier
 ryAnr, peutsch De La Mourthe. the aged natron of aeronautics, automobile ana other sports
 large number of other persons of note had narrow escapes from injury.
 The accident occurred on the aviation field at Issy Les Motineaux, where ioo'ooo nereons had gathered to see the start or the race.
 M. Train was piloting the monopiahe that wrought such havoc.
 With him in the car was M. Bcunier' passenger Neither of these men were injured. The machine was wrecked.
 Minister of War Bertreaux was horribly mangled. The swiftly revolving propeller cleanly cut off his loft arm, which was found 10 feet from where he was struck. The back of his head was crushed Ill., his throat gashed and the whole or ms left side cut and lacerated.
 Premier Monis was buried beneath the wreekage of the monoplane. He was taken out as quickly as possible and examined by military surgeons, who found
 t1t,1 fraC bones in the right leg, his nose was brok- en, his face badly confused and that there were bruises on the breast and ad- domen.
 M. Deutsch and M Monis were not se- riously hurt.
 Others Narrowly Escape
 Among those wko had narrow escapes from injury was H. Lepine. the prefect of police. Premier Monis and Minister Berteaux and their party arrived at the aviation field about O clock this morn ing, shortly after Roland Garros, M. Baumont and M. Gilbert had started in the race.
 The great line of spectators bordering the flying field was being held rigid by a large force of soldiers, who, however, permitted tho ministerial party and some half hundred other persons of distinction to walk across the field to point where they could get a better view down the course and see the airmen as they rose from the starting point and flew in their direction.
 While the great assemblage cheered madly the minister saw Pierre Vedrine, who had been picked by many as the probable winner of the race, mount easily from the ground and head down the aero drome only suddenly to capsize and fall, but emerge unhurt from the wreckage of his machine. Aviator Train, whose mono plane caused todays accident, meanwhile had taken his position at the starting line. levers in hand with M Bounier be- side him. The breeze had been steadily freshening and the meteorological observer in the Eiffel tower telephoned that his gauge showed a velocity of close to 30 miles an hour.
 Train however, left the ground, ascend ing swiftly he circled the great field, curv- ing round to the startling line and then living down the course at a 40-mile an hour gait, the machine rocking in the susty wind 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 troop of Currassiers to get them back in order. The Currassers ealloped across the field, breaking into double lines as they went.
 Swoops Toward Earth
 Trains monoplane here swooped toward the earth under the impulse of an air furry and it appeared as though the aviator was about to dash into the cav airy. The pilots attention 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 M. Berteaux 10 feet away. where he lay in a pool of blood, badly mangled, while under the wreckage of the monoplane were M. Monis, his son and M. Deutsch. Train and M. Bou- nier emerged from the wreck uninJured. A scene of frightful confusio- followed the fall of the monoplane Fr2m all parts of the aviation field arose cries of dismay and tens of thousands of per sons broke through the lines and moved toward the scene of the accident. The cavalry, however by repeated charges managed to clear the field and the injured men were given treatment by the field surgeons. From the first it was seen that M. Berteaux was fatally hurt, and that M. Monis was seriously injured. After the ministers had been cared for the surgeons dressed the wounds of those who had received minor bruises.
 There are various versions as to the cause of the accident, but everyone seems agreed that 1t occurred with such fright ful rapidity there was no time for M. Berteaux, M Monis and the others in jured to escape.
 M Hersand, a nephew of former Pre- mier Dupuy. whose newspaper, the Peit Parisen, arranged the race said:
 Working at Programme
 s'M. Berteaux was just asking me who would be the next starter. and I was consulting my programme to answer him when, glancing upward. saw the mono plane plunging and careenipg toward us
 sIookout,eI cried, and the next in- stant the wing of the aeroplane grazed my side Looking around saw the minister of war lying in pool of blood z ten feet away, his arm severed from his body as though by surgeons knife. {
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