New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
WILBUR WRIGHT LOSES
LONG FIGHT FOR LIFE
First Prominent Aviator to Die
from Natural Causes Since
Flying Began.
PIONEER IN AIR NAVIGATION
With Brother Orville He Per-
fected the Aeroplane After
Years of Costly Expert
mentation.

DAYTON. Ohio. May 30.-Wilbur Wright
the first aeroplane pilot in the world,
died az 3:13 o'clock this morning from
typhoid fever. Death came after Amer
ica's most celebrated aviator had lin
gered for days on the brink in the throes
OF a high fever
one hundred and forty persons have
been killed in aviation accidents since
Lieutenant Selfridge met his death while
making a fight with Orville Wright IN
September, 1908 Wilbur Wright is the
first well known aviator TO die from
natural causes since flying became prac-
ticable
Mr.. Wright had been at deaths door
for many DAYS, and, though his CONDITION
from time to time gave some hopes 10
members OF his family. the attending
physicians, Drs. D. B. Conklin ana Lew
Splitter. maintained throughout the lat
Ter part Of his illness that he could not
recover. When the patient died he was
surrounded Dy the members Of his fam
ilv, which included his aged father.
Bishop Milton Wright; Miss Catherine
Wright, sister, and Orville, the COIN
ventor of the aeroplane; Rouschlin and
Lorin Wright. brothers All OF the fam
fly live IN this city except Rouschlin who
lives i'm Kansas.
Fever Climbs TO 1906.
The most alarming symptoms in
Wriehts sickness developed yesterday
shortly before noon, when his fever sud
denly mounted from 104 up to 106 and
rhen quickly subsided to its former stage.
At this iuncture Of the crisis the patient
yyas seized with chills. and the attending
uhvsiciars were baffled by the turn Of
affairs ChiIls were unusual in Iatient
suffering from this high fever, aud the
physicians at Mr.. Wrights bedside were
puzzled The condition of the aviator
remained unchanged throughout the rest
of the day. and there was 10 improve
ment up TO midnight.
vt > O'Clock this morning the usual
examination showed that the dying in
ventors temperature was high. but that
prlse and respiration had satisfactorily
decreased. No fear was entertained at
tbis hour. but thirty minutes later the
attending nurse noted rapid deteriora-
lion. Death came quietly, without a
struggle.
For approximately two weeks the pa
tiont had been unconscious but as his
cles rolled about the room in the direc-
ton Of the nurses. the doctors and mem
bers of the family. he gave unmistakable
evidence Of sub conscious desire TO
rccoguizc ihcm. ON Wednesday morn
ing as Orville sat at the bedside Wilbur
smiled family.
Wright was seized with typhoid May
A. while on a business trip in the East.
ON that day he returned to Dayton from
Roston. and consulted DR.. Conkln, the
family physician He took TO his bed al
most Immediately, and it was several
davs before his case was definitely dag
messed as typhoid.
While definite arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been made. it is
probable that it will be held Saturday
afternoon, with burial in Woodland
Cemetery, south Of Dayton.
The death Of Wilbur Wright will not
affect the local company. it is declared.
His stock will probably be devised to
members of his family, and Orville Will
oortinIe In active charge OF affairs
Isketch of Wilbur Wright and appre-
Citations of his life work on seventh