Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-20
Lincoln BEAtHEY
ESCAPES DEATH
by SMALL MARGIN.
Wrecks Machine to Save Life
Of. Barney 0ldfield - Avia-
tor to Get Large Figure for a
Series of Flights and Lee
lures in Japan

Lincoln Beaehey failed to arrive in
Honolulu last evening ON the SeRoma
as had been expected, owing to a
serious accident at Emeryville track
January 10, in which the daring avn
ator narrowly escaped with his life,
which he risksd to save Barney Old
field, king Of autospeed demons, from
death. Regarding the accident, in
which Beachey's aeroplane. was smash
ed to pieces, the. Chronicle Of JAN
uaTy IL says: s-'
"Thoughtlessness on the part Of Lin
coin Beachey, the intrepid birdman,
nearly cost his, own life and that of
Barney oldfield. the famous racing
autoist, during an autosaeFoplane field
day meet yesterday afternoon at the,
EmeryyiHe track. In making quick
landing Beachey saw too late that
'Oldfeld was directly in his. path, and
to save Oldfield, Beachey turned his
machine straight downward and fell
beneath It from height of about 50
feet, escaping serious injury almost by
"a miracle. 49, =. = IS, = :.
THE accident was one Of the most
caused primarily by the fact that in
preparing for his famous death dive:
from the clouds, Beachey forgot to
strap himself into his machine. The
omission was noticed when he had as
cended to a height of about 200 feet.
and warned by shouts Of the crowd
that something was wrong, sBeaehey
turned about to descend.
oldfetd in Danger. -. Il
"Oldfields part in the program was
over and he was taking a final squirt
about the track. In warning Beaehey
of his peril no one noticed Oldfisld.
who had circled the course and was
approaching the grandstand, toward
which the aviator was coming down.
by coincidence the speed of the
aircraft and, the auto were so timed
that Beaehey would have alighted on
top of 0ldfield's head had he contin.
ued in his course. At the last mo.
ment Beachey saw Oldfield pass be-,
meath him, going in the same direc.
Etien, and turning his rudders sharply
downward, brought his machine at
almost right angles to the earth. The
machine erumpled into a heap just q
few inches behind oldfield's car. Il
For a few moments Beaehey was
PROSTATE and the crowd that filled the
.bfeaehers and gfahdstand thought he
was killed. But he soon scrambled to.
his feet and walked with but little.
assistance to his ewn automobile.
which took him home. Later his ply
stefan ordered him to walk on crutch.
es for a few days on account Of a
badly bruised leg - :.
That Beachey will be a Honolulu
visitor within the next few weeks ia
certain. He has made arrangements
to fly before the Tnikado of Japan.
He has been engaged by a Japanese
newspaper syndicate, which it Is un-
[derstood has the backing Of the Inn
Perial government, to give five flying
exhibitions in March in the large
cities of the Japanese empire, and
with his manager. william Pickens,
! his nechanieian and his own private
i photographer he Will sail from San
Francisco for the Orient about Feb.
FHaFy 4.
100000 fs His Pay.
+ For these five exhibitions he is to
| receive 100000, which is to be de.
posted in San Francisco bank be.
fore his departure, and which eonsti-
ltutes the largest guarantee ever offer
ed an aviator. He is pledged to de-
I liver six lectures, for each of which
he will receive $1,000.
Several weeks ago Beaehey made
a proposal to the war department of
the United States to devote three
months of his time at his own ex.
tpense to aiding the government in
Solving its aviation problems. The Of.
-, fer was rejected. Japan will now re-
leeive his help along the same lines
through the medium of his lectures.
Beachey may establish a school OF
aviation in Japan, and If sufficient
encouragement is given will build a
factory for the manufacture of aero