Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-06
TWO FLYERS ARE
SERIOUSLY HURT
AER0PLANE FELL
LIEUTENANT JOSEPH c. MORROW
AND MECHANICIAE WITH HIM
DASHED TO GROUND.
MACHINE is TOTAL WRECK. AND IS
BURNED EXCEPT ENGINE AND
SOME USEFUL PARTS.


First Lieutenant Joseph G. Morrow and
lechamcian Adam Khuen- Kryk Of the
lrst United States Aero squadron were
dashed TO the ground and badly injured
yesterday afternoon at .07 o'clock when
their machine fell ~ the aviation field four
and the mechanic had Just left the ground
and were turning IA circle the field in order
to get a safe flying elevation when the ac-
cideut occurred No reason l. known for
the accident uule- puffy air current was
truck.
Lieutenant Morrow. Who was steering.
attempted ~ turn to the left to pass over
the camp when the machine was seen to
lurch ~ the left and settle into "noSe
dive The distance from the ground.
which has been estimated as between one
hundred and two hundred and fifty feet did
not allow the driver time ~ 7traighten his
craft Ills efforts tn DO 50. however,
orved M Y measure to break the force Of
the fan. The machine was a total wreck.
When men from the camp reached the
scene XVIII .Fe cata- frophe both men were mn
con~ci l- 4 doctor was hr. .N r
moneu W tha post n Brown r.Ie utl
the injured llen hr0uhgt w the hospital III
2 motor tuck, Although badly cut and
hru cd about the head aud body and suf-
trrIug 1rca-y from the shock neither the
officer nor hIs mechanic are thought to be
dangerously injured. Lieutenant Morrow
was still unconscious this afternoon.
The accident of Yesterday was similar
to that of August ll AZ Fort Sill. Okla. in
which CAMS .n Knox was killed and Lieu
tenant So ION badly injured The machine
used -y Captain Knox and Lieutenant SUIT
ton was sister ship to the one used by
Lieutenant Morrow il his flights in
Brownsville The machines are what i
known the Curtis tractor type Of which
the govrnmcnt buoght ten about month
ago
Army men who have long experience
Win aircraft and are acquainted with
every type MI machine the government has
eyer tried claim this type ~ the most dan
gerous. The machines are declared slow
climbers and the safety of the airman de-
pcnds largely upon hi ability to gain -uf
fclent altitude 20 s,ra ghten ont his ma.
chine NJ ease of ac ident and hold IL lev
before hc strikes the ground.
Lieutenant Morrow has been flying gov
ernmcnt arship- about two years and j.
considered one NJ the best airmen IL the
army. Enlisted men m the aviation corps
who saw yesterdays flight and accident
say that II there had been any possible
means Of checking the machine and avert
Ing the accident Lieutenant Morrow could
have done t
A remarkable feature Of yesterdays
.cata7tI nhe was the escape III Khuen
kryck from more fatal INJURIES Khuen-
kryck WIS occupying the Observer seat
m the machine and when the nose Of the
machine struck the ground the gasoline
tank which was under the seat forced him
practically clear VT re machine
The injury Of Lieutenant Morrow places
Lieutenant b. q Jones ID charge of the
men and the remaining machines This
morning detail from the camp repaired to
the scene "A the accident and after remov-
Ht- NHt HNiHi hHh IhfA- Hl lHt hlttlllnp not
too badly damaged TO be used as repair
parts et fire to the remains A the flames
from the machine scared upward one of
the men remarked that that was the only
time "lG' had ever gone up real safely.
The family NJ Lieutenant Morrow in
Pitt burg, Pa. has been notified of the ac-
CIdcnt
Y Because WI ihc condition of Lieutenant
Morrow It bad been impossible up to tn.
afternoon ~ ect his version Of how the ac-
Icident occurred. EIe has not been fullv
conscious since the accident. Captain +.
lS Wright, post surgeon, l. attending the
men.
4 Lieutenant Colonel John p. Finley is with
the Fnu \ infantry. which has with il at
present only one major, Charles G. French.
Major Frederick ID. Evans and Paul Wolf
are on leave.