Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-02
NET DEATH
As MO|SANI DID
1nRAcuERous WINDS CAUSE
AviAroHs MACHINE TO
PITCH TO EARTH.
vyR,onr AERoPLANisr KILLED
~ lNsTANTLY ~ FAR FALL

Broke Hsieht Record causss oris'
Among Skymsn-Bedy Badly Crush
- BY Fall Of 500 Fsst-Was Nativ.
% Illinois and Resident Of Pasadena
/ Los Angeles. Jan. 2.-The winds
n whose treacheries Arch Hoxsey so Of
ten dened and conquered. killed thu
noted aviator Saturday. AS IL Jealous
Of his intrepidity. they seized him ant
his fragile flying machine. nung then
down out Of the sky and crushed ou'
his life.
He fell dead upon the field from
which he had risen but short time
before with a laughing promise te
thousandssof cheering spectators to
K piercs the zenith Of the heavens. sur
pass his own phenomenal altitude rec
! ora and soar higher than any othcl
4 man dared.
Cross current, whirled OF by . va
grant storm that doated In from the
sas, caught his biplane and shot him
downward 5s3 feet to earth. Catching
his frau machine in one Of the spec
Z tacular spiral glides that are danger
Gus even In the calmest weather. the
{ varying winds sported with 1t mo-
ment. iuggled it, and then as II sud-
denly maddened and frenzied. hurled
IL to the ground.
I when deld attendants reached the
srot where the tangled pile Of wreck
axe lay Hoxsey was dead. One SIDE
4 81 the face whose engaging smile had
won the regard Of thousands Of spec
.stators each day during the meet had
been cruohod into an unrecognizable
mass. His body lay broken and twist
ssed almost out Of all semblance to hu-
man form.
spsetaters Wlt2sss Death.
Al OF the spectatofs In the grand
stand witnessed the tragedy. as 1t oc-
Ncursed directly facing them, on the
outside Of the course. They sat IN
VI rseksns silence for almost intesmin-
Able nnlnutss, until the announcer gave
\ the new1 thru q megaphone: Hoxsey
ms bsen killed" Then from every par.
OF the grand stand came the soobinc OF
s the women. who but q short time oe-
N w1fjE6 ESS0 C4aEPC4 luCAE SAovSA AAsss~~S -
the daring aviator as he arose from
the field for his fatal flight.
Returning tho compliments shower
~ upon him by his feminine admirers.
Hoxsey. in gallant manner. had prom
9tsed to soar higher than he or any 9TH
er man had ever flown before.
sOf course the success of this at
tempt n contingent upon the kind OF
weather I ind up there" said Hoxsey
dast before he left the ground. "Some
e the temperatures one encounters IN
tha hisher altitude are simply beyond
human endurance. But II can stano
II and my motor works as well as II
has been working I'll come down with
Z record Of 10000 feet or better.
Wind Gains in Violence.
Even at that moment the wind had
/ attained q velocity that kept mort
cautjous aviators on the ground. Aftef
be had ascended 1t gained rapidly IN
violence. Moreover 1t created q Swiss
cheese" atmosphere. the most treacn-
erous condition that manbirds have TO
~rn1end with. There il nothing by
swhich II may be known why Aoxsey
4 "A not 20 higher than 7,142 feet which
"a. haroeraph showed he had attained.
hnt ha apparently encountered at that
.itstnAe the Same conflicting air cur
r.nts that finally overcame him. Not
S,jIkhstanding this, and with the samo
! graekless daring he had displayed daily
q sdnrin9 the last week, he DESCENDED oy
/ series OF spiral glides and was per-
4 forming one Of his thrilling rolling dips
svhen his biplane suddenly capsizeo
4 a rnidair and shot to earth.
!S8 Over and over the aeroplane turned
- Fit fell. with speed so swift that OF
tha thousands who saw the tragedy
NOT oY,A could tell what effort the avia-
ss - maAa to save himself. When the
ssI1rakaeo had been cleared sufficiently
- that his body could be reached he
4 - found planted firmly in the seat.
III arms being around the levers. The
til telescoped the biplane.
Bedy Badly Crushed.
The steel sprocket which drove the
I peopsller lay across Hoxsey's face. the
Snotor resting upon the right side OF
NJ body. Every one Of his ribs on that
As&A0 Was shattered into fragments. An
1ron upright broken by the force OF the
6eiSh held the aviators body impaled
snDoa Its jasged point. The stop watches
S6f sthA Judges in the stand registered
Hoxaeys machine turned over and
Il i6lnu9ed IN its fatal fall. The news OF
- disaster was on the telegraph wires
11ng out of. the press stand before
a. aachine struck the ground.
3 ~ aviator had been in the air an
A1Qf ana Q half when the accident oc-
ifred. and he had sailed again over
M snow-capped summit Of Mt. Will
whose heights he had conquered
49, before since the meet began.
alter Brookins. who originated the
ifalS1ide and the dip which brought
xssy 20 his death, was standing in
st q the press stand watching his
4 3eague ef the Wright team perform.
. hack - turned TO :the feld % he
30 d3nds. The shout went up:
% fAlllng!: s,
u Glxine e selsesly UaNeeved.
90 9ns4ant ssg..
hit g nsu douo voluuso.
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