Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-31
WILBUR WRIGHT IS DEAD
Inventor Of Aeroplane Passes Away
at His Home in Dayton, o.
WAS Ill FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
lie wss stricken with Typhoid
Fever a. Boston EARLY In May---
lie Was rorty-FIve
Years old.

DAYTON, O.. May SO-wilbur Wright,
tho noted aviator. died at s;l5 O'Clock this
morning OF typhoid fever. He had been
III for several weeks and number Of
times had been reported at the point Of
death. but each time rallied.
Following a sinking spell that develop
ed soon after midnight, Mr., Wright died
at a;l5 o'clock this morning. lie 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, Drs. ID. p. conk-
lin and Levi Splitter, maintained through
out tho latter part OF his sickness tina,
he could not recover
When the patient succumbed he was
surrounded by the members Of his family.
which included his aged father. Bishop
Milton Wright; Miss Catherine Wright,
orville, co-lnventor OF the aeroplane;
Reuenlin Wright and Lorin Wright All
OF the family reside In this city except
Reuchlin, who lives in Kansas.
The most alarmlns symptoms in
Wright's sickness developed yesterday
shortly before noon when his fever sud
denly mounted from 1o4 TO lOs and then
subsidized to its former stage. At this
juncture the patient was siezed with
ehIlls and attending physicians were baf-
fled by the turn OF events. Chllls we're
unusual In patient suffering from fever
this high and the doctors at Wrights
bedside were puzzled.
The condition Of the aviator remained
unchanged throughout the rest OF the
day and there WAS no Improvement up
until last midnight Then there seemed
to be a slight Improvement but soon
there was sudden turn for the worse
ami Dr. Conklin was called. lie arrived
at s:-5 and learned that Wright had died
a few minutes before
Mr.. Wright was seized With TYPHOID
May & while on business trip In the
east. on that day he returned to Dayton
from Boston and consulted with pr.
conklin. He took 10 his bed almost Inn
riedIately and IL was several days b fore
his case was definitely diagnosed as
typhoid
Native of Indiana.
Wilbur Wright was born In Henry
county. Indiana, April H. 1861. OTSille,
the sixth child. was born August TO- ISL
Roth oryilIe and wnber attended
the local high school and stood
high In their studies. Hampered by
h art trouble. caused. II is thought By
accidentally being struck by a polo stick,
" ilbur was couIpeiied 10 abandon his
purpose Of attending college. Their father.
Bishop Milton Wright. being away from
home much OF the time In attendance on
his duties, the two boys helped 20 main
tain their hofns. Tn. two first started .
Job printlng office and for a while pub
llslrd : ymaIi shee; that had a suburban
oireula;ieii. Tney then entered the hi
cycie businss and opened repair shop.
~ the same time manufacturing bicycles
In tie meantim, they began studying
The flying machines while carrying un
the bicycle business and in pursuit of
this subject they acquired a knowledge
OF the underlying principles. further add
ing TO their knowledge by 4 working ae-
quaIntzncs with different modern Lam
gusges.
The ancestry Of Wilbur Wright can Js
traced through a number OF generations
in England. Samuel Wright. through
whom was transplanted the lineage in
America. came to Springfield, Mass. Ia
IDS. His descendants participated in the
revolutionary war.