Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-09
THREE FALL TO DEATH
IN START PLANE RACE
ACROSS CONTINENT
Pilot and Observer of San Francisco Machine
Killed in Attempted Landing at Salt Lake
City Fatal Injuries Received by Pilot of
Eastern Plane In Fall at Deposit n. Y
A Machines Make Start at Mineola. Is from
San Francisco Field--Speed. Endurance and
Reliability Sought in Contest

Minneola. Y 7. Oct. ST orry sew
IN a-plGnes plotted with one ezcep-
mon. by military avial0rs- Started
rom here today 10 blaze ar aeriRl
-ria. $500 niles across the continent
anG return II the greatest speed, En-
ctU-ance and reIla blI-cy contest II
history, while from san Francisco
IS planes TOOK the air Tor the east.
Five more planes VIII leave here 70
morrow
Al shutdown Lieutenant BeIvln "a
Maynard, Baptist minister and VII
ner Of the recent TIP between New
York anc TORONTO. had aCwn sac
niles from AnDeola ard landed al
ChicaEn, while ssveraI other west
bounC contestants were resting over
night II BIngtanton. Rochester.
Buffalo Bryan and Cleveland, ONO.
CONTROL stations along the WAY
Eight attempts, Il which three
persons were killed and one was IN
jUreo. mad been reported tonight 10
the headquarters OF the American
FLYING Club here winch IS cp-operal-
-rc WIKI lhe army al ser--ice n
conducting -ne contest
Mayor \, Il C~lssey was killed
instantly and lis observer Sergeant
winch ne diec- when tbs plane n
winch they mad left oau Francisco
crashed II arIgm pu1ng 70 lGnG "a
Sa.- Lake CRY
Sergeant X. H Nev1rr dieG IF IT
IC-l-as received when plane IT
which n and Colonel Gerald Brand
ware rlcInC tel 70 Lte ground al De
Dasit \ Colonial Brandt was ~
horle6 % be not seriously injured.
Five forged landings We're reported
Lieut. ena-1t Eease h--kpa-rlck came
down a. Vernon y 7, when ms
cuu pass ceased 70 function. He re-
oeIved permission ID return 10 Mn
neoia and start again TOMORROW.
LieC1enacT z. L. MaEgnan. who re-
ceive6 PERMISSION - -v to-day rom
Major General Charles 7 Menone-.
commanding me army air service. AZ
ter he mad been physically d1squal-
fed Yesterday by locai officials.
landed al GIensGale n X. with no
tor trouble. Lieutenant Wins z
Taylor VS. compelled - land at
Nicholson. PA.
The Only foreign entrants n the
race Air Commodore L E .. Char
-on. air arracile Of -ae BrILlsh en-
bassy. and Captain De Laver-ne. air
aElacne Of the French embassy, were
eliminated before they had ar JppUr-
-uni-y n line the state boU1da~v
Commodore Charlton, with FlIgtt
LieE1enart ? Z. Tail, as the alter
rate PILOT If MS Brlstol Fighting
plane. wrecked ms machine Y max
ins flrced landing al OVID, \ =.
Captain De Lavergue. VINO WIS fy-
InE II De EavilHnd machine anf
It's pilot Lieut. D Z. Glsr, were con-
PEELED II withdraw from The race
when their plane burst into flames
and was forced 70 land a. CanadIce.
X
The or,y accident or ne local fed
occurred bout noon when Z Diaae
piloted bv Captain Maurice Cleary
Of Everett Wash. and CARRYING Len
edict CroweI. first assistant sec-eta-v
Of war as a passenger crashed 10 the
ground from q heiEn1 II i0e feet and
turned upside down. The accident
happened while the machine was ~
ing -0 -nke Of. and less than q mIr-
u-e after i had left the ground
NeIrher Captain Clear nor Mr.
C-rweu was hur- bu- the night winF
NJ the machine was smashed and the
plane puT out IF COMM tssl0n-
Two other forced landings were "a
ported late tonight Lleuterar-
George c. Mcdonald came down II
Plymouth. Pa. and Major A =
Zneec Shenandoah. both pilots Ia
engine trouble Three Pilots mad n01
been reported since leaving MIneois
bur al the others had reached Bing-
hanron. the first stop The missing
pilots were Lieu1enan- j G. vii
Gams. Lieutenant Willis 2 Taylor
and Captain John J Marquette
An element Of mystery was in
jecred into The race when q plane.
bearing the number ''SS" descended.
from the sky and few toward the
starting tine. Colonel archie Miller.
commanding AL aviation fields on
Long Island. thinking that the plane
had checked out, waved for il 70
proceed" The plane touched rs
wheels &c the ground and continued
without stopping Official time keep
ers marked the starting time as
II rs Sc but when they came -
check up they found that the plane
was mon entered on the official list
and all attempts N learn lis iden-
Thy had proved unsuccessful tunighe
search of all available records
here indicated that Major Theodore
c. Macauiey Is the only aviator vino
haG ever made a coast to coast flight
He few from san Diego. California.
10 Arcadia Fla. 200 miles in 1919
His unofficial flying tine was 3
hours
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