The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-07-01
ten AMERICANS MEET DEATH
One Woman Numbered Among
Those From United States
FRANCE LEADS WITH FIFTEEN
Rogers and Parmalee Best Known OF
Americans. First Deaths BY
Collisions.

Washington, D. G., July Ia new
high record In the toll of human lie
has been reached In the progress of the
science of aviation during the SIX
months of the present year is II. com
pared with 70 In the whcle year Of
1911.
Beginning with the death OF Lieut..
Thomas +. Bemridge. the first person
killed in an aeroplane, in 1905. the list
of fatalities has rapidly increased. In
1908 one man lost his life, in 1909 four.
in 1910 thirty-two, in 1911 seventy
three, and to date for the present year
forty one persons have been Killed.
making a total of one-hundred and
tfty
France Leads World.
The eountriessip which sfatalities
has~ oeeassstts -. s,esr.rase lssasess
Germany, England Russis ltsiy ami
The United states Fronce has con-
tributed as many victims this year as
all of the other European countries
combined, her. number totaling fifteen.
including'a woman Miss Suzanne Ber-
nard, who fell at Etampes on March
"a.
German airmen Who lost their lives
This year number 10 English two.
Russian two. :yld Italian one. In ad-
ditioH to the two English aviators the
number of victims i'm England included
third. Victor Louis Mason. a yourg
American, who was killed May IL,
while making a light at Brooklands
with the English aviator. +. V Fisher.
First In Collision.
Double fatalities, in which two rid
crs or rider and passenger were
killed, were numerous this year, elghf
having occurred while on June 10 oc-
CURED the first deaths ever caused by
collision of two aeroplanes. The
victims were Captain Dubois and Lieu
tenant Peignar. both officers in tile
French army and trained airmen, VINO
were killed when the biplanes they
were plotting round the military fly
ing ground at Douai colleded with ter
rife force in midair.
AAN -Aii'A ~ AiA ' NiNNAAiiS ANA Ant HbsN
six months. exclusive OF Victor Louis
Mason, who was killed in England,
number ten, among them being one
woman. The list in as follows:
Jan. 22-Rutherford Page. one Of
the Curtiss aviators. killed by a fall
of $50 feet in the international meet at
Los Angeles.
Trans Continental Flyer.
April 3-Galbrsith Z. Rodgers. the
first to cross the American continent
in an aeroplane. killed by fall of 200
feet In the ocean at Lang Beach. Cal.
May lS-Ray Wheeler. an amateur
killed when his aeroplane struck &
telegraph pole at Kinloch Park, 81.
Louis. Peter Glesser. who fell with
Wheeler. died from his injuries two
days later.
May 2i-Fred ]. Southard, an anna
teur aviator of Minneapolis. killed by
a fall of 100 feet at the Wright avia-
tion field near Nenia. Ohio.
June 17-Mrs. Julia Clark of Denver
killed at the state Fair grounds at
ILL.,. when tho wing of BIZ
plane i'm which she was making a
practice flight struck the limb of a
tree.
Other Americans.
June Philip o. Parmalee a young
aviator who had acquired considerable
fame as a member OF the Wright team
of flyers, instantly killed at North va
kma. wash. when gust OF wind
caught the tail of his biplane and
caused 1t 20 overturn and plunge 400
feet TO earth.
June 1l--l.ieut. Leighton w Halle
hurst. 18th Infantry, L.. $. A.. of Ma
con. Ga. and 4. l.. Welsh. an aviation
expert Of Washington. d. c.. killed at
the Army Aviation School at College
Park. Md. when new army aeroplane
of the Wright type in which they were
flying fell to the ground and was
wrecked.
June 2i--iIenry Turner. a young
amateur. killed in a practice flight at
The aviation grounds at Mineola. l.. l.