The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-05-22

PARIS. May 21-France paid
terrible toll today TO her magnificent
eDdeavor TO attain supremacy Of the
air when monoplane. the driver OF
which had lost control. plunged into
group OF members of the cabinet
who had gathered 20 witness the
start Of the race from Paris 70 Mad.
rid, killing the Minister OF War and
iniuring the prime minister. his son
and well known sportsman.
The dead
Henri Maurice eerteaux. Minister
OF War
The injured:
Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis,
Premier and Minister OF the Interior.
Antoine NJnis son Of the Premier.
Henri Deutsch De Ia Mourthe, the
aged patron OF aeTonautics. auto
moh!ling and other sports.
\ large number of other persons
Of note had narrow escapes from In
jury.
100000 Saw Accident
The accident occurred on the avia.
tion field AZ 1ssy Les Molineaux,
where 20o,o00 persons had gathered
10 sec tho start Of tho race.
NJ. Train was plotting the mono
plane that wr1rrh -v.. f.-.- 0''i.'r
him in the car was ". Bounier. q
passenger. NcItn.. tl a...
were injured. Tho machine was
wrecked
Minister Of War Borteaux was hor-
rlbly mancird. The swiftly revolv-
Ing propeller Cut or Lis left arm.
hfeh uae r1sr4F ta~ f..r
the spot where he was struck. the
back OF his head was crushed in, his
throat gashed and tho whole OF his
LETT side cut and lacerntcd
Premier Monis was buried beneath
the wreckage OF the monoplane. lie
WAS taken out as quickly as possible
and examined by military surgeons
who found that be had sustained
compound fractures OF two bones in
tho risht ieg. that his nose was bro
ken. his face badly confused and
that there were bruises on the breast
and abdomen.
VI. Doutsch and ". Mon.s we're not
seriously hurt.
Among those who had narrow e.
capes from injury was ~ Ieplne. the
prcfect of police.
Went Through Lines.
Premier Monis and Minister Ber,
t"auV and their party arrived az the
AVIATION field about 6 o'clock this
morning. shortly afterward Roland
Carros. u. Beauu0nt and ". Gilbert
had started for the race The great
line Of spectators bordering the Nv
lng field vas being held riS5 bv A
largo force of soldicry who. Rwever-
permitted the ministerial party and
some half hundred other persons OF
distinction fo walk across the field
20 point where they could get A
better view OF fhe course and see tha
airmen rs they rose from tho start
Ing point ard flew in their direc-
tion
While the great assembIaes
chcc!cd mailv. The Ministers saw
l1crr" \cr4ine. who had been picked
by many as Tho probable winner OF
me race mount easily from the
er0uud AMI head down tho ERE.
drome only suddenly to capalno and
fal from tho vreckago OF his ma.
chine. Aviator Ira %. whose mono
plano caused the disaster. mcauwhiIa
Ind taken his position a' Tho tart
y lire. lovers iu hand and with NJ.
Hounicr beside him.
1ho breeze had hcon steadily
frcahoniug. and the meteorological OBJ
sor' cr .n The Eiffcl tower teicphoned
hat his glage showed q velocity oe
close t1 an niles ucr hour
Loses Control of AIrshlp.
Train. however Ioft tho Ground.
Arrerdirg swiftly. ho cirolrd fh6
great field. clrvins round 90 the
startling nno and fhcn nvlng doun
fha course at forty mile on hour
F1if. fIe machine rockng in the
rustf wind. 81 fhis moment. DO waa
observed hy Tho commandant OF $40
troops th0f fhe crowds were broatirr
The lire formation on Gre side ~ no
field and Do dispatched troon OF
cliraesiers to got them back in order
Tho cuiraas'ers rnloped across th~
held. breaking info doubici lines ns
they wort Trains monorhno here
swoopoi toward fho earth under the
impulse of an air furry and 70 IN.
pear'1 a5 thourn tho aviator Vas
shout to dafh into tho cavahy. me
pilot a'foution seemed momontarfiv
'o have been diverted from his oourue
and he made q quick turn % tho tofi.
toward where the party 0f officials
were standine. Then he lost cor.
trol % The craft altogether and n
dnshed Violently into the ministerial
roup.
Awful Effect of Accident
The impact kuooked M Berteaur
fen fcct away. where be- lay IN a ro,I
1i blood. badly manFlcf. While under
ihe wrcciraFc 0f toe monorlanr fav
i'reriier aonis be aon and NJ
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