Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-22
HAMILTON, THE
AVIATOR, DIES
Of OLD INJURY
Noted Pioneer Filler Succumbs
Suddenly at His Home in
New York.
FIRST MAN TO FLY
OVER NEW JERSEY
Connected With Newark Flying
Boat Firna-Was to DEM
onstrate Craft Soon.

Charles K. Hamilton one Of ths
foremost ayiators in the world, died
suddenly at his home in New York
city today. He leaves a bride Of
three months. OF late he was in tho
employ of the Boland Aeroplane COM
pany of this city. and this week was
to try out the concerns new flying
boat on Newark Bay. Only yesterday
afternoon Hamilton described his
plans to a reporter for the Evening
Star. The craft has been waiting a
test for several weeks, but the cold
weather froze the water of the bay
and the vessel could not be launched
Hamilton. on Tuesday last. brought
quantity Of dynamite from New
YORK to this city for the purpose OF
causing an explosion that would
smash the ice and give him a chance
to try out the new fiier. The Boland
machine has a patented stabilizer,
the latest safety contrivance for
aerial navigation. II is claimed BY
the Newark concern that the Wright
brothers newly patented stabilizer
Is an infringement on the Boland
patent The matter probably viii
be threshed out in court.
About four years ago Hamilton few
across New Jersey. He was the
first to make the trip. He started
from New York in curtiss machine
and flew to Philadelphia. making the
return trip the next day. During the
second half of the trip his machine
fell near South Amboy. but he was not
injured.
Hamilton was pioneer in the
history OF navigating the air in
flying machine. His home was 225
West 10eth street Death was due to
a hemorrhage Of the lungs.
He had complained of pains in his
breast shortly after eating dinner
last night. and told Mrs. Hamilton
he would n It go to bed, as the pain
became more severe when he laid
down. He recalled that the pain was
probably due to an old injury re-
cefved at Jacksonville last January
in an seroplane mishsp. Mrs. Ham
ilton sat up with him last night and
was reading at O'Clock this morn
ing when he toppled over en- a chair
unconscious.
She Immediately sent a hurried cali
TO the knickerbocker Hospital A
physician answered the summons. bat
when ne szr1TTed he found the aviator
dead
Mrs. Hamilton explained to a rep
resentative of the Evening Star to-
day that her husband had suffered
from pains in his breast repeatedly
since the Jacksonville accident, when
he broke three of his ribs in a fall
from bis aeroplane. The hemorrhage,
she dec ared, was caused by injuries
he received in that fall.
For the past four months Hamilton
has been engaged in doing expert
mental work for the Boland Areo-
pane Company, which has its plant
at the foot of Centre street He has
had a tailless monoplane of the latest
Boland type in his hangar in Newark
Bay, at the Lehigh bridge, for sew
erai weeks, awaiting an opportune
time to try out the craft. He was
to have made trial on Sunday, but
ice in the bay prevented the flight. He
attempted to get out the machine
again on Tuesday. but the ice jammed
around the hangar He left the Office
of the Boiand company yesterday at
noon, saying that he intended to
make the trial flight on Saturday Of
this week
Hamilton was held up in New York.
on Tuesday by a Harlem policeman
for carrying the dynamite that he
had secured for blowing up the ice
around his hangar, He was hurrying
TO this city when he was halted by
the officer and made to explain his
/ hurry. The policeman made Hamil-
ton take the dynamite back to the
place from which he purchased II and
then relea sed him.
Hamilton in describing the Incident
to reporter for the Evening Star
yesterday afternoon considered the
matter lightly. He appeared TO corr
slider II child's play 10 carry around
in his pockets few sticks of dyna-
mite He laughed over the incident
and appeared in the best of spirits
He told of his plans for the trial
flight of the Boland tailess mono-
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