Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-08-21
LIVES LOST IN AVIATION.
Capt. Norris, British Aviator, Crush
ed Under Plane at Cincinnati.

!. Cincinnati, Aug. 14.--Coming to
| Cincinnati to participate in the Ely
: ing circus" just previous to the start
on a 3,000-mile air cruise to west
ern points, Capt. Jas. Norris, British
; Royal Flying Corps, was instantly
killed late this afternoon. The cap
tain had just left the grounds at
Western Hills Golf Club for Cincin-
natl, when his engine died and the
plane took nose dive, crushing Nor
ris beneath it.
! Lieutenant Killed.
! Rantoul, ILL.,, Aug. 14.-Lieut. j.
, w. Johnson, Of the aviation corps,
! stationed at Chanute Aviation Field
, was killed to-day when his plane fell
at Clifford, six miles east of here. An
, other aviator in the plane was only
! slightly hurt. The plane fell about
a thousand feet.
Lieut.. Johnson lived at Trafford,
Ala. He was an instructor at Cha
mute field. The name OF the other
aviator was withheld by military au-
thorities.
Witnesses of the accident said the
plane in which Johnson and his pupil
were manoeuvreing went into tail
spin at height Of about 1000 feet.
The pilot apparently was unable to
| regain control Of the machine and it
crashed to the earth. Lieut. John
sons death was the second at Cha
mute field in two weeks.
Cadets Collide in Air.
Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 14.-Ca-
Diet VIM. r. Turnstall, son of John
r. Turnstall. OF Brookfeld, Mass,
was killed to-day when his airplane
collided with another machine seve-
raj thousand feet in the air The
second machine landed safely and the
cadet occupant escaped uninjured.
Plane Plunged in Sea.
| Pensacola, Fla, Aug 14.-Joseph
J. Fenton, Of Bellows Falls, VT, a
student aviator at the Pensacola sta
tion, was killed late Tuesday night
when his seaplane fell into Pensacola
Bay. Fenton, who had the rank of
chief quartermaster, was the fourth
aviator to lose his life here within
! two days. Three others were killed
late Monday when their plane fell
into the bay. Fenton's body was
shipped to his relatives in Vermont.
Two More Aviators Killed.
Harold +. Maxon. of Los Angeles, and
/ Cadet G. f. Gedeon. of Titusville,
Fla, were killed to-day when their
airplane crashed to the ground in a
hay field near here.
The machine was one Of the group
Of II from Brinley Field, l.. l., which
were flying in this vicinity. An ex-
plosion in mid-air, it is reported,
hurled Gedeon from the airship.
MaXon was crushed under the ma
chine when it struck the earth.
MaNon was 25 years old and Gedeon
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