The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-03-18
BEACHy, FAMOUS
AVIATOR, KILLED
Daredevil of Air Somersaults
5000 Feet Into Sea When
Wings of FraiI Mono
plane Collapse.

San Francisco, Cal, March 16.-Lin-
coin Beachey's desire to Guido his GUS
tomary feats Of daring in his we'll
tested biplane, by similar ~intrepidity in
his new Taube type m%onoplane before
he had sufficiently tried it's possibili-
ties, is said by aviation experts to have
been responsible for Beachey's drop to
death at the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton yesterday before a holiday crowd
Of many thousands.
Beachey was completing his second
flight Of the day when the accident oc-
Cured. Having previously electrified
the crowd with a series of aerial somer-
saults, the airman sought to add an
additional thrill by making one Of the
sensational perpendicular drops which
usually featured his flights.
The fatal fall was attributed to the
fact that Beachey entrusted his life
for the first time to a monoplane. An
exceptionally large crowd had been
attracted to the fair grounds.
On the first flight all went well, and
the aviator's familiar tricks We're in
dulged in, with the exception of the per-
pendicuiar drop. This Beachey had
saved for the climax. 1t proved too
much of a strain for the frame Of the
Falls 5000 Feet.
The machine was at an altitude OF
5000 feet when Beachey shut off his
power. For several feet it dropped
head on for the earth and then the
aviator grasped his control levers to
adjust the planes for the graceful de-
scent which had characterized his pre-
viouS flights.
AT that point the wings crumpled like
a collapsed umbrella, and the ~aeroplane
turning over and over in it's fall, plunged
Into San Francisco bay, narrowly miss
ing a vessel lying at the government
transport docks.
80 ~>e1t,tNyc r,1Shn1 tn
the nearby water front, but, with the
exception of a few splintered fragments
Of the aeroplane floating on the sur
face of the bay, no sign of the wrecked
machine could be seen. put
out Immediately, equipped with crap
ping hooks, and a boats crew from
the battleship, Oregon, which was
anchored in the stream a short distance
away, Joined in an attempt to recoVed
the body of the aviator, who was strap.
ped to his machine under 40 feet OF
water.
The body was recovered shortly al
ter S o'clock.
Divers from the Oregon, searching
the shallow inshore waters of the bay,
found the crushed FORM vf the alrman
entangled in the twisted rods and torn
canvass of the machine. With axes the
divers freed the body from the wreck
age and brought it to the surface.
Further examination of Beacheys
body showed clearly that death was due
TO drowning after his wrecked machine
had plunged into the bay. his pous
was still firmly strapped in position
but apparently his injuries from the fal
would not have caused death. His
light leg was broken above the knee
and he suffered a number of minor
cuts and bruises which may have beer
caused by his struggles to free him:
self from the entangling straps anc
wires.
Mother Waited In Vain.
Beachey lived with his mother in {
cottage in the Sunset district, soutf
of Golden Gate park. Each day WheI
he was to fly, the mother would pos
herself at a nearby corner
ing a view of the boulevard alons
which his automobile always bore hin
on his return home. There she Woul(
remain sometimes for several hours be
fore the aviator returned from tn
scene Of his aerial feats. She wa
waiting yesterday two hours after tn
tragedy at the exposition grounds he
fore a friend arrived to break tn
news.
Beachey derived a large income from
his flights but beyond proVldln
literally for his mother he LITERAL,
, threw his non away. He was usual
" surrounded by a crowd that prolific
by his prodigality.
Might as well spend it now" was
daily remark of the aviator. Il may no
come back tomorrow"
. Yet, in spite of this he at all time
. had the utmost confidence in hlmsel
t and his ability to q any advers
= condition attending his flights.
Il am safer in the air h in M
automobile," he said. There is reall
nothing that can happen to an aViato
who has perfect control over his ma
D chine"
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