The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-03
WOMAN FLYER
DASHED TO DEATH
MISS QUIMBY AND HER PASSEN
GER, W. A. p. WILLARD, HURl-
ED 1000 FEET TO DOOM.

Boston. July 2.-Miss Harriet
Quimby of New York, the first NO
man to win an aviators license in
Am erica, and the first woman to
cross the English channel in an
aeroplane, was instantly killed with
her passenger, w. A. p. Willard
manager of the Boston aviation meet
tonight when her Bleriot monoplane
fell into Dorchester bay from a
height of 1000 feet.
The accident happened when Miss
Quimby and Willard were return
ing from a trip over Boston harbor
to Boston Light. a distance of twen-
ty miles in all. The flight was
made in twenty minutes.
The Bleriot, one of the latest
models of m:frcary monoplanes, cir
cled the aviation field and scared
out over the Savin Hill Yacht club,
just outside the aviation grounds.
, Heading back into the eight mile
gusty wind, Miss Quimby started to
vol lane. The angle was too sharp
Hnd one of the gusts caught the tail
of the monoplane, throwing the ma
chine up perpendicular. For an in
slant it poised there. Then, sharply
outlined against the setting sun,
Willard was thrown clear of the
chassis, followed almost Immediately
by Miss Quimby. Hurting over and
over, the two figures shot downward,
striking the water twenty feet from
shore. They spashed out of sight
second before the monopIane
plunged down fifteen feet away.
It as low tide and the water was
only five feet deep. Men from the
yacht club in motor boats were on
the spot quickly, and leaping over
board, dragged the bodies out of
the mud into which they had sunk
deeply.
Bodies are Crushed.
Both bodies were badly crushed.
Several of Miss Quimby's bones were
broken and there were many large
bruises. Willard, who weighed 100
pounds hit the water face first and
over one eye there was cash from
which the blood was flowing. He
too, sustained several fractures and
bruises. The clothing of both fliers
was torn and the bodies were 81
covered with mud that it was seve-
raj minutes before the doctors and
nurses could determine the full ex-
tent or the injuries.
The crowd which had been wit
Messing the flights rushed over, but
a troop of state cavalry held the
people back while DR.. George Shea
han, the field surgeon with his staff
and a nurse, made hasty examina-
tions. In a few moments ambulances
arrived and the victims were taken
to the Quincy hospital.
Flying high overhead at the time
Of fall was Miss Blanche Stuart
Scott, another aviator taking part in
the meet which had entered upon its
second day From her high altitude
Miss Scott had watched Miss Quinn
by's flight and was nearby when the
gust upset the monoplane. In the
excitement of the moment no one
loticed the lone aviatrice, but when
MISS NkuiIIDy 5 DOuy WdS DIOuSHt
ashore all eyes were directed aloft
and Miss Scott was seen making
sweeping circles over the field at
he height of about 500 feet. Twice
she started to descend, but each time
she was seen to falter.
Miss Carroll Collapses.
In another moment, summoning
Ill her nerve, she turned the nose
If her machine downward and land
ID safely, collapsing in her seat be-
ora anvnna could reach her