The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
HOXSEY PLUNGES
. TO INSTANT DEATH
(ContinMcl Lrom Firsl ragcl


taken Him about the r,idoic OF the
back field
When he was over tho back field
abont 800 feet northeast from tho
Judges stand, the angle OF descent
was changed 10 n dcpcr one. but even
yet lc had not reached The danger
point so far as observation could de-
tcct.
suddenly 81 CRY went up from tho
grandstand and the thousands banked
along the fence. They seemed 10 nm
dcrstand vaguely in that instant that
u Tragedy ~ the air was about 10 be-
cuactcd. cor Tho airshlp tipped from
it's steep gliding angle and divcd
straight downward Tho declivitous
flight al this angle continued only FOR
an instant. for The great Wright ma
cline, looking like some huge wounded
bird dipped until il appeared that IL
would turn complete soncrsault in
Tile air, then swervcd c;tmc to u
atraigh, vertical angle again and shot
down with the sWiitncSs of an arrow
Had Conc on Inst yoyngc
y CRY Wen, ,ip from the multitude
a suppressed cry thn; was Il moan
then all was silent except for the mad
rush OF the men across the ncld to
where tho wrecked machine lay beyond
the hulsint; ground and lid from
sight There was hope in every heart
inat the daring pilot of the air might
hn found uninjurcd. or not seriously
hurt. but those who arrived first saw,
that hc had gone on his last voyage
The head and right side were crushed
In from the hcavS machinery amidst
which he sat. They lifted the ma
chine from his body, placed him in tho
ambulance and rushed him o The cmcr-
gency hospital But there was then no
need for medical or surgical service,
and no doubt would have been mono
at the moment he landed for there is
no question in the minds OF those who
first arrived that lIoNscy's life was OK
tinci III the moment he strucis tho
ground.
The machine was absolutely wrecked.
the plane and rods Of the machiuc ali
being III an urrccognizabic tanglc.
Fifteen minutes after tho tragedy
tho committee caused the announce
ncnt 10 lie made that there would lie
no NOR" dying for tho afternoon, but
iln,t IL would he resumed tomorrow.
There WAS no need for making tie an
nounccmeut. as there was not an nvia-
tor on the ground who would laVc
gone Up after the unfortunate end Of
their brother of The skies
Walter Brookins, who taught Hos
scy low TO fly. conld not control his
,mptionS, ana tears StfCdillCU down the
rhocks OF the other men who have
Med with him for tho lonors OF this
meet
6ycrpoWcrcd b, Wind.
Tho generally accepted theory ac-
counting for The accident, is tEat iIox-
scy Was lighting Tor con,rol of his
machine IN tho ,rcachcrous Wind. aud
that If he had turned 10 ihe right and
| sonc north against {, he would have
succeeded Ia landing, though he woald
have gone considerably out Of tho
dcid To do so. Instead Of doing thfs
however he turned 10 the left with tho
! wind. not reckoning its strength. per
;tps, aud was thus overturned \ few
rdvlHced the suggestion that one ~
i'c warning wires might have become
iarokrn. but II would ~ Impossible to
! suhsinntiGto such IA theory. as the ma
f: ehine IS So badly wrecked
! Arch lioX5oy had been flying only
since laat July. In his bricf career
J hc had hccolnc one OF tho greatest air
piiots in the world. Last Monday he
Won the worlds altitude record with u
Digit Of 1li1l feet. Yesterday he
aEain surpassed any record Tor att
ludc ever made by any other man by
= height Of io.O73.
On Thursday, nc perhaps accomplish.