The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-02
WOMAN
AVIATOR
IS KILLED
FIRST AMERICAN FEMALE
AVIATOR DASHED TO
HER DEATH

boston. July Mis- Harriet Quinn
by Of New YORK the first woman 10
p ln an aylators license in America
and the first woman TO cross the
English channel u an aeroplane was
ii giartiy killed with her passenger.
~ A. +. Willard manager OF the
hoston aviation meet, at Atlantic last
night when her Bleriot monoDlane
fei into Dorchester Bay from a
feight Of q thousand feet.
The accident happened when Miss
Gulmby and Willard were returning
I ON q trip over Boston harbor 70
ogfon Light. distance Of 20 miles
ln all The fight was made in -
Ia nuteg. The Blerot. one OF the lat
est models Of military aerOplanes.
Ia cled the aviation aeld and cleared
opt over the Bill yacht club, Just out
hlde he aviation grounds.
Heading back into the eight mile
grhty wind. Miss Quimby started 10
ciplane The angle was TOO sharp
ANA one Of the gusts caught the tail
os the ronoplane throwing the ma
chine u9 perpendl
For an instant il poised there then
a. AAtF DAAfAA4EA aEdti4EA Aif 1Ekt+E
sun, Willard was thrown clear Of the
chassis followed almost Immediately
by Miss Quimby. Hurting over and
.oa er the TWO figures shot downward
striking the water twenty feet from
gIlore. They spashed out OF sight a
second before the monoplane plunged
dDwn, fifteen feet away.
Il was low tide and the water was
only i've feet deep. Men from thA
achl hub in motor boats were on the
aEot quickly and leaping overheard
dragged the bodies out of the mud in
40 which they had sunk deeply. Death
probably was instantaneous.
Both bodies were badly crushed
Several Of Miss Qulmby's bones We're
broken and there were many large
brnises Willard. who weighed 1870
pounds, hit the water face first and
o. or one eye there was a cash from
which the blood was flowing. He too
Sustained several fractures and bruls-
os. The clothing OF both hierg was
torn and bodies We're so covered with
mud that ii was several minutes be.
fore the doctors and nurses could de-
'ermine the full extent OF the ninr-
les
When the victims were Brought
ashore In motor boats. the bodies
we're laid on the ground on the edge
of the aviation field The crowd
which had been Witnessing the Nights
rushed over, but troop Of state
ayaliy held the people back while
l}r. George Sheahan, the field surgeon,
%lth his STAFF and nurse made hasty,
examinations
In few moments ambulances ar
rived and the victims were taken toI
the Quincy hospital
Flying high overhead at the time
Of the fall was Miss Blanche Stuart
scott. another aviator taking part inI
the meet which had entered upon its
second day.
A. Leo Stevens. Of New York, man.
aeer 70 rAliss Oumbv and Miss Quinn.
b> friend, Miss Helen Vanderbilt
who We're both witnesses OF the acct
dent. were Frustrated
Before going up on their last fight
MISS Qnimby and Willard We're laugh
ing with friends. Willard making
jokes about his weight and Miss
0nimby talking confidently about her
Plans TO make an altitude record in
tie future that would stand as a wo-
mans high mark.
Discussing the matter of the com
ing IN contact with the water. if the
engine should fail during the flight
over The harbor Miss Quimby said
10 a friend Just before she left the
ground:
"A water landing is all right in
Fleriot until you come down head |
hst. In that case the heavy motor
At the extreme forward end OF the
machine would drag the monoplane
ieep into the water and sink ii. But
4 we come down pancake, the broad
wings would float us for two hours
VI more.
Then with bright smile she made
ms significant remark.
But | am a cat and don't like
old water"
These were among the last words
Mss Quimby said before leaving the
tarllng line on what proved to be
'er last flight