New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-03
Charles Fleischmann, d
Cincinnati, Crushed in
Great South Bay
Flying Boat Collapse.
Pilot Witt Dies; Captain
Taylor a Victim at
Mineola

TWO government aviator, and :,
civilian pilot were killed and a fou,,h
man was injured, probably fatally 4,
aviation accidents on Long Island "a,
terday.
Charles Fleischmann, a son Of Jn,,,.
L. Fleischmann, former mayor Of Cir
cinnati, and a member Of the Nation.,
Naval Volunteers, aviation seetio,
was thrown from a Curtiss flying boa,
while flying with Harry Witt, a pilo,
over Great South Bay. Z,
Both dropped into the water two
miles off shore. Fleischmann va,
picked up dead, while his companion
who was strapped to the aircraft. VA,
killed when the machine fell into IA.
shallow water.
Captain Taylor Killed
Captain Ralph L. Taylor, Of STAN.
ford, Conn, In charge Of the signal
corps at the government aviation. h.ls
at Mineola, Long Island, was killed
and Sergeant Thomas +. Pell. his com.
panion, internally injured when Al,
aeroplane in which they were prae,i,.
ing fell to the ground from a hei,b,
of 500 feet.
Hundreds Of persons who were sail.
ing in Great South Bay saw Flei,eh.
mann hurled from his machine. Wit,
a civilian pilot and owner Of the Cur.
tiss flying boat, modified hydroaero.
plane, had been giving exhibition
flights over the bay. FleischmAnf
who, since last April. had been at tkI
Bay Shore Naval Station preparing
himself for service in France, decided
to take flight in Wits machine.
They started just before sunset, and
had risen several hundred feet, when
persons sailing in the bay were startled
by an explosion in the air. Instant,
Fleischmann was hurled out Of the ma.
chine. The aircraft appeared to crum.
pie. 1t fell in a heap, carrying Witt
under water. Fishermen who went TO
the spot found Fleischmann had been
killed by the impact with the SANDY
bottom Of the bay.
The wreckage OF the machine. IN
which Wits body was entangled. was
almost buried in the sand a few feet
under water.
Engagement Recently Announced
Fleischmann was tWenty-four yesrs
old. Last Sunday his engagement u
Grace Sheldon. daughter Of Charlie
Sheldon, 5000 Ridge Boulevard, Brook.
Ign. was announced Miss Sheldon vss
visiting with the Fleischmann family q,
New London, Conn, last night whu
news Of the young @iator's death wa
received. Witt, who was twenty-sevsl
years old, was an Englishman.
The aeroplane in which Captain Tsy
Tor and Sergeant Pell were riding W.
500 feet above ground when the engini
stopped. Spectators saw the maehin
start downward in a series OF grsdus
spirals. Within 100 feet Of the grouni
the men lost control. Both were see
to be working desperately az the lever
They came down with crash in ii,
garden of Martin V. Hall. at East Gar
den City. Mrs. Hall witnessed the seei
dent from her veranda. She found tbs
Taylor, who had been driving, had beef
instantly killed. Pell, who was strsppe.
in the Observers ses,, was unconscious
Another army aeroplane, which had BEEF
flying over the same field, dropped 10,
enough to learn what had happened an.
then rushed TO the aviation hesdquu
ters for aid. 4.
Taylor an Instructor
Captain Taylor had been INSTRUCTED
in aviation, and was considered n
aeronautics expert. He was twenty
eight years old and married on June
TO Miss Gladys Marion Mortimer, d
South Beach, Conn.
He was one of thirty-two militia Of
fcers who were picked by the Asr
Club of America to be trained for svIs
ton, the expense being borne by th'
club. He was a passenger with Nieto
Carlstrom when the latter won ~
4OO-mile aeroplane race from Newpor
News to Sheepshead Bay on May "
1916.