Bisbee daily review., 1919-10-09

 seven airplanes piloted with one exception, by American military avi- ators, started from here today to blaze an aerial trail 5,400 miles across the continen tand return in the greatest speed, endurance and reliability contest ii history while from San Francisco 15 planes took the air for the east. Five more planes will leave here tomorrow.
 At sundown tonight Lieut.. B. w. Maynard, a Baptist minister and winner of the recent trip coitest between New York and Toronto, had flown $40 miles from Miieola and landed at Chicago, while several other westbound contestants were resting overnight at Binghampton, Rochester, Buffalo, Bryan and Cleve- land control stations along the way. Eight accidents in which three per sons were killed and one injured had been reported tonight to the headuuarters of the American Flying club here, which is cooperating with the army air service in conducting the contest.
 Major D. s. Crissy was instantly killed and his observer, Sergeant Virgil Thomas, received injuries from which he later died when the plane in which they had left San Francisco early this morning crash ed in attempting to land at Salt Lake City.
 Sergea1t w. 1T Nevitt died this afternoon of injuries received when a plane in which he and Col. G. Brandit were riding, fell to the ground at Deposit, N. Y. Bolonel Brandt was reported to be not se- riously injured.
 Five forced landings were report ed. Lieutenant Rose Kirkpatrick came down at Vernon, N. Y, when his compass ceased to function. He received permission to return to Mineola and start again tomorrow.
 Lieut.. L. R. Maughan landed at Lonsdale, N Y, with motor trouble. Lieut.. Willis R. Taylor was com pelled to land at Nicholson Pa.
 The only foreign entrante in the race, Air Commodore L. E. O. Charl- ton, air attache of the British em- bassy in Washington, and Captain De LaVergne, air attache of the French embassy, were eliminated before they had an opportuiity to cross the state boundary.
 Commodore Charlton, with Flight Lieutenant P. p. Traill, as the al ternate pilot of his Bristol fighting plane, wrecked his machine in mak. fig a forced landing at Ovid, N. Y.
 The only accident on the local field occurred about noon, when a plane piloted by Captain Maurice Cleary of Everett, Wash, and car rying Benedict Crowell, first assist ant secretary of war, as a passen- ger, crashed to the ground from a height of 100 feet and overturnd.
 SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. S.-Major D. H. Crissey, pilot, and Sergeant (first class) Virgil Thomas observ. CT. of Mather field, Sacramento, Cal, were almost instantly killed late to- day when the De Haviland four air plane in which they were riding
 
 Buena Vista landing field near here
 Tn aviators were just completing the first lap of the international airplane Derby and were the ninth of the eastbound entrants to reach this city, the first overnight stop ping place.
 As the huge machine approached the field Major Crissey was seer to signal a greeting to his brother aviators who had preceded him. He started to circle the field prepara tory to landing. As he was comple tiig the circle Sergeant Thomas was seen to stand up in the observer cockpit and he, too, waved to those on the field. With the engine shu off the machine had started to turI into the straightaway before de scending when it suddenly turned and dived, nose down, 150 feet into the pond of mud and water.
 Aviators and spectators rushed tC the scene and helped to remove tho machine and extrieate the aviators Both were unconscious when taker from the pond and both were deat when they arrived at a hospital.
 SAN FRANCI3GO, Oct S.-Elevei of the 15 airplanes which left herr