The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-06-07
PIONEER BIRD man
CLAIMED BY Death
Wilbur Wright Succumbs to
Typhoid Fever.
As Bigh School Boys He and His
Brother Dreamed of Flights
Through the Air.


$50 a. m. Tile man who with his broth
ar. Orvilc. invented and perfect
90 the first successful heavier
ar.N-air flying machine succumbod to
typhoid fcyer after battle for life
fhaf lasted for weeks.
'rGe end came after one of the m"st
remarkable struggles against the dis
eaSe that physicians have over known.
hur more than thirty-siN hours
Wnghts temperature had stood b.
twe,n lOi and lo5 degrees. while his
respiration was between ~ and ~
Ills pulse averaged 10. Stimulants
-vcre rcsorted to and for the last three
days have been used freely. After
midnight Wright began to sink RAPIDLY.
II~ pulse grew weaker AMI he failed
10 respond TO stimulants.
At Wrgh.s bedside were his faith
,3ishop Milton Wright; his s.s.,r
ISa,herine; his brother and cO-workrr
and inventor. Orvllle Wright. AMI
l.onin and Rcuchlin Wright. younger
brothers
HIS ILLNESS
mr. Conklin was in Attendance when
began a little more than three weeks
ago He grew rapidly worse, and h:s
torrltinn became critlcl! within a
wecs after he had been attacked ny
The !nalady. Orvillc Wright brother
81 the inventor. who was in Washing
ton taking up with government of-
Tiuials some matters in connirtion with
IA. governments use of the Wright
machines, was Summoned home. short
~ after he arrived cablegrams ware
son. 10 foreign countries (which the in
ntor had expected soon to visit say
Ing that i, would b. impossible to
make the trip for some days. Then
for the first time it was known that
Wilbur's condition was such So t. give
s;ra. ,e alarm.
Wright rallied after the first sinking
spell, and his wonderful vitality made
lie physicians hope that he might re-
50 .*.y that he would set w,ll ANA
chun he grmly bat-.d against Goa.h
fighting desperately against disease
a second sinking spell occurred AMI
three days ago Dr Conklm announced
-hat there was no hope. Wright sank
INTO a state of coma. ii, rllisd
'.lightiy and, though his fever wa5 very
hGh. there seemed slight c,mn:e
that he might recover.
Wrisl.t's condition again took q tYra /
fOr til worst about milniah. IT. /
simi, into unconsciousncss ANA during |
yhe Llst few hours was Kept alive oaly I
through stimulants. Early in tl- /
morning it was seen that the end W., |
40. Ear off and Tho entire family WI,
summoned. All were in the room whcn /
ebe s-.iator peacefully passed away.
uarrutiv" of Wiilir wright CO.
recr is the story of a man who follow
ID ate light Of his DRAINS and ron-
triVu1 the machine for aerial navigation
thai stands out SUPPLEMENTARY among
the wonders of century of invention.
W1oyT Wright. with his bruther. or
vile ireamod of building a craft that
s0ubj dart through the air with tn,
,pcri If IA hawk; that would defy the
storm that would transform the art of
w:lrt."e and ravolutionize methods of
1rars .o1itation. In the nine years that
folint Il their first successful u st at
KIT! Hawk. y. G.. they have seen
mics straight into space. have heard
rhe ~ I'm Of their m1,u,nos as thay
vh.rei on their way across the CONT
1"nt, nj have watched great crowds
s;api asuinst in anticipation as "A
t;r2cr1 u biplane SCARED threatcningly
,'vtI i." fighting mast of "A giant war
sha 0airh might have been sent Ct
rcen..- 20 destruction by II bomb from
thc &c.. machine buzzing aloft.
Wn'a death sinoto Wilbur. he and
ais -rfaav still were dreaming Of
grease " arId'y"mcnts, their chief inter-
'si .'-'- r,ntcr,i in the making of
'n.s'h4ae That would possess great sta
piAy 4l ncr as,d carry ing r0wrr
ms EARLY DREAMS
II 49, while Wilbur Was in higa
seAon t Richmond Ind, and Dayton.
D.. al4t tn brotliors began dreaming
# the aclopane \ few years later
hey oc1barkod in the bicycle selling .,
ma n-sl.ring business 1T Dayton.
IN lAeir shops they found plenty Of
'lpor,D-l.'y for experiments. and whom
gasoline engine Was perfected In the
Inonsol 5 rapid strides. they saw
awyi-.- light. In 1902 the hrothcrs had in
'ch HA,ir first machine. and in g
@5 Ihey went to a remote section near u