The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-30

Al1x1ll1dfy, I
this connection there is herewith
shown remarkable picture of
Lincoln Beachey standing by while
Mrs Barney Oldfeld dedicated the
machine in which he was to meet
his death. with bottle of cham
payne. This is the last picture of
Lincoln Beachey and was taken a
few days before his death. At the
time he expressed the belief that
he would meet his death in this new
plane. according to the prominent
men and women who witnessed the
Christening f-the monop1ane-
Lincoln Beachey was one OF the
last of the aviators on the Death
Reel picture. the survivors having
foresworn the aviation game for
ever. When that picture was TAX.
en- in st. Louis several years ago,
death might have been the photo
grapher who snapped the bulb. At
least the grim phantom was hover
ing near and marked practically
each one of the ariators before him
as a possible victim.
THE YOUNGEST
VICTIM.
Probably the youngest of the sac
rifces to the public's desires for
novelty and thrills. who stood be-
fore the camera on sunny summer
the most daring Of birdmen. was
Andrew Drew. andy" as he was
fam1llarly known, was the son of a
wealthy banker and was engaged
as a reporter for newspaper His
career as an aeronaut was started
in about 1908 when ballooning be-
came popular in St. Louis. Andy
had the power of Imagination that
made him just suitable for such
trip. While the more prosaic police
reporters of the paper were willing
to make one Of the first trips made
by St Louis newspaper reporter
for his paper. the city editor con
sidered that Andy Drew could write
better story on the trip. He came.
back to his Office Monday morning
thrilled with his experiences and
wrote as descriptive and Interesting
story of the trip as any man could.
Thereupon he became a sort OF avn
alton expert for his paper. He
covered" all of the balloon fights
and even joined the aviation corps
of the National Guard of Missouri
TO be nearer the beloved air crafts.
When the aerop1anes replaced the
balloons. Andrew Drew studied
them closely and then gave up
newspaper work to become an avn
atov.
ANDY. you're going TO kill your
self some day in one OF those aero
planes" reporters told him.
4 know it. but it's all in a Life
time" he returned cneerily- Andy
met his death in DAYTON. o., when
his aeroplane caught fire and he
was plunged to the ground Lincoln
Beachey in a way felt himself re-
sponsible for the death of Andrew
Drew just as he Gid for i've other
aviators of the Death Reel" who
lost their lives. Drew was con
sentative fier and took no chances
until he saw Lincoln Beachey defy
the forces of the air in somersaults
killed in undertaking similar feats.
PASSING
OF PAGE.
Beachey felt partly responsible
for the death of Rutherford Page,
who tried some OF the av1ators dar-
ing stunts. OF this Beachey said
Il watched Rutherford Page try
ing out some of my stunts in
brand new Curtiss b1plane. He was
foolishly brave and I tried to warn
him He laughed at me. He IN
sisted he could do anything did
helped to untangIe his broken
body from that very machine few
minutes later As we were work
ing to free his body his mechanism
said TO me- Mr.. Beachey. Ruther-
ford said to me Just before he Went
up that he was going to Guido your
stunts or break his neck. An I'M
expected puff of wind and 1t was
the end. He was trying one of my
Dutch Rolls" when death overlook
him
Beachey also held himself partly
responsible for the death of Phil
Parmelee. another aviator of the
Death Reel" The latter attempt
ed to perform Beacheyss stunt of
making figure eight with his
hands OFF the levers and guiding the
machine only with his body by
swaying in the direction he wanted
to go. The machine overturned and
he plunged 10 his death
Horace Kearney attempted to out
shine Beachey. He attempted a
fight over the ocean from Los An
geles to San Francisco with Chester
Lawrence. automobile editor of the
LOS Angeles Examiner, as his pas
senger. Their bodies never were
found and only a single pontoon of
the aeroplane was found aHoat to
tell of the tragedy.
Billy Badger, college graduate
and a wealthy man, went to his
death IN Chicago attempting Beach
eys daring drop His machine
failed to right itself and its planes
We're crumpled Eugene Ely lost
his life in Georgia aff6mnfinr fo<