Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-17

| Death Al Toll
Washington, Dec. 16.-.The art %
aviation, or flying in heavier than.ai
machines, will be- 10 years old tomor
row. It was on December II, 1903
that Orville and Wilbur. Wright, tn,
famous Ohio ayiators, conquered thu
air in a series of four short, sue
cessful flights at Slmms Station
Since that time the aeroplane indus
try has been revolutionized. 1t has
been taken up BY the people of al
lands and some wonderful fights and
feats have been accomplished. Dur
ing the past few years the advance
ment has been along new and more
useful lines than in the earlier years
The heavier.than-air flicr has now
become an important factor in war.
fare and war equipment and today
there is not q country that does not
include the aeroplane in its military
and naval equipment.
Though the progress OF the science
has been remarkable, each year has
seen an increase TN the number of
persons killed. The first death was
that Of Lieut.. Selfridge, Of che U. S.
Signal Corps, who was killed in a
flight at Fort Myer, Sept. II, 1908.
Four aviat0rs met death in 1909, 90
in 1910, % in 1911, 113 in 1912, and
137 in the present year. The total
number OF aviat0rs who have perish.
ed amounts to 49,
OF the 1877 fatalities this year, 10
occurred in the United States. To
this number may be added the death
OF California aviator In British
Columbia and OF Lieut.. Rich OF the
United States army, in the Philip
pines.
The list shows that the aviation
fatalities this year have been distrib.
uted over 20 different countries. A
most noticeable feature is the pre-.
ponderance in all countries of fatal.
ties among the military fiers. This
is due to the fact that more atten-
ton has been given to military avia.
ton than ever before. while exhibi-
ton flying has decreased because it
Is no longer novelty and fails to
attract the public attention that it
did few years ago.
The casualty lists of Germany and
France are the heaviest in numbers,
Germany having had 80 fatalities dur.
ing the year and France 81. In both
countries the majority Of the victims
we're military ayiators. England, with
fatality list of 10, made by far the
best showing of any .Of the nations
which have extensively used aircraft.
The Italian fatality list, in view OF
the large number OF licensed await.
ors In that country, Is remarkably
low, only four Italian aviators hay
ing persisted during the year. Rus
STA has suffered eight fatal accidents
during the year. Argentine four, Jap
an and Turkey three each, while the
others have been scattered one each
in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland,
Scotland, Canada, Portugal Morocco,
the Philippines, China. Cochin,China
and the island OF Trinidad.
The ;airmen who have lost their
lives in the United States since the
beginning of the present year are as
follows:
April S-U. s. Army aviator, Lieut..
Rex Chandler. killed. and Lieut.. l..
H. Drereton, badly injured by fall in,
to San Diego bay.
April 19-Otto w. Brodie, killed in
exhibition. flight in Chicago.
4 May 5-Charles Carlson, crushed
to death under his machine at Akron,
Ohio.
May 9-U. s.. Army aviator, Lieut..
Joseph d. Park, killed by 15.foot fall
at Olive, Cal.
May 31.--James Coloyan, amateur
flier, killed when Diplane caught in
a tree, at Chicago.
4 June 12-Andrew Drew, killed at
Lima, o., when biplane caught fire
and fell 200 feet.
June 20-U. s. Army aviator, En-.
sign William D. Billingsley, killed,
ss 'u .l1A0uts SOAH Ils 1OWcIOs S60tcTely
Injured by fall into Chesapeake bay.
June 2S-Fred +. Gardiner drowned
IN Lake Keuka, near Rochester, N.
T., when aer0plane capsized.
July 8-U. s.. Army aviator, Lieut..
Loren H. Call. killed by fall ct Texas
City. 81, B
July 8-Grover BELL, died from In.
turies received In fall at Petaluma,
Cal., July 4. s
July f5-Thaddeus Kerns, killed BY
fall ct Chico, Cal.
Sept. George Schmitt, killed and
J. Dyer Spellman seriously injured
In 40O-toot fall at Rutland, Vt.
Sept. 4-Lieut loss II. Love, U. s.
Signal Corps. killed ID s00.foot fall
1t San Diego, Cal.
1 Sept, 15-4Max Lille, killed by BIZ.
plane Overturning at Gslesburg, III.
Sept 16P G. Davis, died II Chi.
cego . result 81 tall from seroplane
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