Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-04-10
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1912.
ROGERS FLIES TO HIS DEATH.
Had Crossed the Continent and Won
900 in Prizes.

acroplanc, was killed here almost in
stant,y late Wednesday when his bi
plane, in which he bad been soaring |
over the ocean. fell from a height of |
200 feet and buried Elm in the |
wrcckagc. His neck was broken and |
his body badly mashed by the engine
Of his machine. He lived but few |
moments.
Rogers for a week past had been
making daily flights here, and had
taken up with him many passengers,
both men and women. day he
started from his usual place and
SCARED out over the ocean. crossing
ped close to a roller coaster in a |
beach amusement park.
Seeing flock OF gulls among Il |
great shoal Of sardincS just over the |
breakers, Rogers again turned and |
divcd down into them, scattering the
sea fowl in all directions.
Highly clatcd with the outcome OF
his dives Rogers then flew farther
ont to sea, all the time gradually
rising until he had reached Il height
OF about 900 feet
Making short turn. he started at
full speed for the pier, then sud
denly dipped his planes and his ma
chine began a friGhtful descent
Rogers was seen by thousands OF
persons on the pier to relax his hold
on the levers and then, seemingly
realizing that he was i'm danger, he
made strenuous efforts to pull the
nose OF his machine into a level po-
sition.
Failing in this he managed to turn
his craft further in shore. and an
instant later the craft crashed into
the cd%" OF the SURF. not 800 feet
from the spot where. on December
10 last, he had finished his ocean
tO-0rcan night Many men rushed to
his aid. Ernest Scott and James
Goodwin. life guards. were the first
TO reach him.
Rogers was lifted from the wreck
and hurried TO the bath house hos
ptal lie died ON the way
Examination showed that his
neck. jawbonr and Back had been
broken. \ telegram was sent TO the
ANiat0r'S wife, who lives in pa.a-
d"nA, Cal, and Il CahlcGram to his
mother Mrs. II. :. SrhwcitHer. who
IS now in London. Tho body was
prepared for burial and sent TO pasa-
dcna last night
Made %5O,OHn Before Death
Calhraith T. Rogers. the aviator
VINO was killed while maxine cXhi-
bitiNl flights here yesterday, had
made 500 out OF the flying game,
according to Frank ShaNcr, a me-
chanician. who has been with Rog-
crs since he started on his trans
continental trip. and had several
good contracts on hand at the time
he was killed.
Shaftcr said he believed that mis-
judging the distance was responsible
FOR Rogers death. He was the
fourth aviator to be Killed in os
Angeles or vicinity. Arch HoXscy
fell 5000 feet and was crushed to
death at DomingucZ Field December
81, 1910; Addison V. llartlcc. an
amateur, OF Marscillcs. Ohio. was
killed May II, 1911, within 80 feet
OF the spot where HoXscy met his
fate; and Rutherford Page. OF New
York, fell $500 feet and was killed
during the last international! meet
at Domngucz Field. January %.
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strlction, was launched In tho pros
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granddaughter Of Commodore Kane
and a descendant Of the Henley fam
fly of distinguished sea fighters dur
ing the Revolutionary War