Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
Aviator BeaCheV
 Drops to Death
AEROPLANE COLLAPSED AT AN
 ALTITUDE OF 5000 FEET
OVER s. FRANCISCO BAY
Was Making an Exhibition Flight at Panama-Pacific Exposition and the Fall Was Witnessed by Large Crowd-Body Recovered.

crowd-Body Recovered.
 San Francisco March 14.-Lincoln Beachey the aviator was killed while an exhibition flight at the Panama Pacific exposition today. At an altitude of about 5000 feet Beachey his aeroplane collapsed and the ma chine plunged into San Francisco bay. The body has been recovered.
 Was Completing Second Flight.
 Beachey was completing his second flight of the day when the accident occurred. Having previously electri fed thousands of spectators with a series of aerial sOmersaults, the airman sought to give them an additional perpendicular drops which usually featured his flights.
 Large Crowd Witnessed Fall.
 The fatal fall was attributed to the fact that Beachey entrusted his life today for the first time in several years to a monoplane. An exception ally large crowd had been attracted to the fair grounds to see whether he would attempt the same exploits in the new machine that he had perform ed in his biplane.
 Was Making Perpendicular Drop.
 On the first flight all went well and the aviator's familiar triGks were in dulged in with the exception of the saved for the climax. It proved too much of a strain for the frame of the monoplane.
 The machine was at an altitude of about 5000 feet when Beachey shut off his power. For about a thousand feet it 11-nT hna In or~4+, .l then the aviator grasped his control levers to adjust the planes for the graceful descent which had character ized his previous flights
 Plunged Into San Francisco Bay.
 At that point the wings crumpled and the aeroplane, turning over and over in it's fall, plunged into San Francisco bay, narrowly missing a vessel lying at the government trans port docks.
 Machine in Fragments.
 Hundreds of spectators rushed to the nearby waterfront, but with the aeroplane floating on the surface of the bay, no sign of the wrecked machine could be seen.
 Body Recovered.
 Launches put out immediately equipped with grappling hooks, and a boats crew from the battleShip Ore gon, which was anchored a short dis tance away, joined in an attempt tC recover the body of the aviator, which was strapped to the machine under 4C feet of water. The body was recoV- cred shortly after 5 o'clock.
 Brother Witnessed Tragedy.
 Hillary Beachey. a brother of the aviator, witnessed the tragedy. He was standing on the deck of the U. s transport Crook, watching the flight He said he heard a cracking sound like the breaking of a ships mast. The monoplane fell only a few feet away from the transport
 Alive When He Struck the Water.
 That Beachey was still alive whel he struck the water and had suffered no major injury as a result of tn fall except a broken leg, was tn opinion expressed by pr. David + Stafford, autopsy surgeon, who eX amined the body at the morgue to night.
 Jap Troops Go to Manchuria.
 Tokio, March -14.-The first con tingent of troops has started for aMn churia. General Hongo of the 17th di vision which followed conferred toda, with Lieutenant General Oka, minis ter of war, and will be received b, the emperor tomorrow. Port Arthu is reported to be a busy spot. PilIagine at AdrianoPle. London, March 15, 257 a. m.-Tel egraphing from Sofia, the roccespond ent of the Daily Mail says that it i reported that rioting and pillaginl have taken place in Adrianople. Death Due to Drowning. The face, ssid Dr. Stafford, wa discolored fror strangling, indicating that death was due to drowning.
 Made Desperate Efforts to ReIeas Himself.
 Cuts on the aviatorS hands wer taken to indicate that he had mad | desperate efforts to release himsel from the mesh of twisted wires an rods in which he was entangled. Was Protected by Engine. When the machine fell, Beache was protected by the engine, propel lers and hood of the monoplane which struck the water first. It wa pointed out that if Beachey could hay disengaged himself he would proba bly, have managed to keep af1oat lon enough to be rescued.