Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-30
WILBUR WRIGHT
DIED Of FEVER
Pioneer in the Science of
Aeronautics Succumbed
to Typhoid
END EARLY THIS MORNING
Members of Family Were at His
Bedside When Sickness Took
Fatal Turn.

Fatal Turn.
(By Special Leased Wire TO New Mexican
! Dayton, Ohio, May 30.-Wilbur
Wright, the noted aviator, died early
this morning of typhoid fever. lie
had been i'll for several weeks and a
number OF times had been reported
al the point of death, but each time
! rallied.
! Died at 3:15 Today.
Following a sinking spell that de-
veloped soon after midnight. Mr..
Wright died at 3:15 today. He had
been near death for many days and
though his condition from time to
/ time gave some hope to members of
his family the attending physicians.
Dr. ID. B. Conklin, and Levi Splitter,
maintained throughout the latter
part OF his sickness that he could not
! recover.
Physicians Were Puzzled.
When the patient succumbed, he
was surrounded by the members Of
ms family, which includes his aged
lather, Bihsop Milton Wright; Miss
catherine Wright; Orville. the coin.
yentOr of the aeroplane: Reuchlin
Wright and LOrin Wright All Of
! the family reside in this city except
] Reuchlin, who lives in Kansas. The
most alarming symptoms in Wrigbts
sickness developed yesterday shortly
/ before noon when his fever suddenly
mounted from 104 to 1O6 and then
/ quickly subsidized to it's former stage
! AL this Juncture the patient was
seized with chills and the attending
physicians were baffled by the turn
o. events. Chills were unusual in a
patient suffering from fever this
high and the doctors at Wright's bed.
side We're puzzled.
Died Before Doctor Arrived.
The condition of the aviator re-
mained unchanged throughout the
rest of the day and there was no i'm.
! provement up until last midnight.
! Then there seemed to be a slight i'm
provenent but soon there was a sud
den turn for the worse and Dr. Conk-
lin was called. He arrived at 1925
and learned that Wright had died ten
minutes before.
Seized May q.
Mr.. Wright was seized with typhoid
May 4, while on a business trip in the
East. On that day he returned to
Dayton from Boston, and consulted
with Dr. Conklin. He went to his
bed Immediately and il was several
days before his case was definitely
diagnosed as typhoid.
Attended High School.
Arrangements for the funeral were
completed early today. Wilbur
|. Wright was born in Henry county, In.
diana, April 21, 1867. Orville, the
sixth child, was born August 49, 1881.
Both Wilbur and Orville attended the
local high school, and stood high in
their studies. Hampered by heart
trouble, caused, it is thought by ac.
: cidentaPy being struck by a pole
stick, Wilbur was compelled to aban-
don his purpose of attending college.
! Their father, Bishop Milton Wright,
; being away from home much of the
time, the -wo brothers helped to main
tain their home.
Conducted Suburban Paper.
The two first started a job printing
office and for a while published a
small sheet that had 8 suburban circll-
lation. They then entered the bicy-
Gle business, and opened a repair
shop, at the same time manufactur-
Il ing bicycles.
Began Study of Aeronautics.
In the meantime they began study,
ing the flying machine while carry
ing on the bicycle business and in pur
suit of this subject they acquired
knowledge by working acquaintance
with different modern languages
Comes of English Ancestry
The ancestry of Wilbur Wright can
be traced through a number of gener-
ations in England. Samuel Wright
through whom was transplanted the
lineage in America, came to Spring
field, Mass, in 1876. His descendants
participated in the Revolutionary
War.