Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-06-19
FATAL RACE IN
AIR CONTINUES
AeropIans Contest TO Touch
-Four Nations Has Fright
full Start in Paris.
LEADERS REACH BELGIUM
American Is Among the First
10 Arriva--Grsa Crowds
Watch the Course.
LEADERS REACH BELGIUM
5u United Press Wire.

Special 5y United Press Wire.
Liege, Belgium, June 19:-Nine
more contestants who started in the
fouT-uatiOn air race at Vincennes.
Paris, arrived here today in the fol-
lowing order: Kimmerling, Tarbu-
teau, Prevot, Wynmalen, Amerigo,
BaJhist, Gilbert, Nerrept and lie Las
seue. The distance is PIP miles.
Weymann, an American, was third
to arrive with the aviators who got
here last night They came here in
the order following: Vidart, Vedri-
enne, Conneau, Barra, Duval and
Garros.
The start at Paris was a fatal one,
two Of the airmen being killed It
was also marred by the impossibtlity
Of restraining the crowds that gath
cred before dawn.
Gaget and Train, whose machine
killed War Minister Bertaux at the
start Of the recent Paris-Madrid
race, have reached Rheims. Gaget
smashed the wheel of his machine in
landing.
There were thirty-nine competitors
lie Martin, who was the twenty-fifth
to start, had hardly cleared the ground
when it was evident to the onlookers
that he was not the real master of the
Bleriot monOplane in which be was
riding. The apparatus tossed terribly
and then the motor stopped. LIE Martin
began to descend a little and wheE
be described a circle In the air the
crowd below was struck with terror.
When within $50 feet Of the ground il
was seen that all hope for the aviator
was lost and he came headlong to the
ground. He was killed almost instant
", his head having been terribly
Irushed
The other fatality occurred at Issy
les Moulineaux. Lieutenant Prince,
teau and a dozen soldiers, who had
been ordered to accompany the circuit
in aeroplanes. had prepared to leave
for Yincennes and seven Of them were
In the air when the carburetter of
Princeteau's machine set fire to the
aviator He noticed that his clothes
were burning and began to descend
from a height Of seventy-fve feet,
when the wind struck the machine un-
derneath. The machine landed alb
ruptly on it's right wing and then the
! gasoline tank exploded IN aa2
1 second the Bleriot was a mass of
flames Princeteau made almost super
human efforts TO extricate himself
from the burning monoplane but his
legs were caught between q part of
the machine and the ground and be
was pOwerless.
The spectators, among whom was
luckless lieutenant's brother, could not
approach the wreck because of the
fierce heat. When they finally were
able to quench the flames the body of
the officer was an unrecognizable mass
of burned flesh.
Lieutenant Princeteau was thirty-six
years old and a typical cavalryman.
He had ridden many winners in Of
GERS steeplechases. His promotion
TO the rank of captain for exceptional
services to military institution" had
just been announced.
Lieutenant Gaubert, flying under the
wing name of Dalger, fell near Sois-
sons and was injured, but not danger
ously.
Garros was seen returning, contrary
to the regulations, along the course.
He passed just a few yards above the
officials and the mob Of the press
grouped at the starting linz and de-
scended to the ground near the main
stand
Shrieks arose from the spectators,
who were jammed so tightly together
that they were unable to move.
But the soil fortunately was sandy,
and the machine stopped within few
feet OF the ground. Lepine, the chief
Of the Paris police, was in q rage and
threatened TO stop the race if there
was a repetition of Garros' act. The
committee fined Garros SEQ francs.
and he prepared to make a second
start He failed again, but this time
landed at a point that was safe,
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