Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-09
.S|XTY-TWO PLANES
. TAKE OFF IN RACES
ACROSS CONTINENT
Forty-Seven Leave Mineola
and Fifteen Start From
San Francisco.
EIGHT ACCIDENTS RESULT
FATALLY TO THREE AlRMEN
Major H. D. Chrissy and SER
geant Virgil Thomas Die in
Fall at Salt Lake.
ONE FATALITY IN NEW YonK
assistant Secretary OF War Crowcl,
rails 100 Feet at MincoIa,
but Is Unhurt. sos
EIGHT ACCIDENTS RESULT.
FATALLY TO THREE AlRMEN
ONE FATALITY IN NEW YonK
,fHy Associated Prca..l

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MiNEOLA: y. Y. Oct. S.-Forty-scvor
hw p,ames; nlloted with ono exception.
from M imerrean hers military aviators. started
trail 500 miles across the continnalI tuigrlaI
dur dupapse pseuan ma in the greatest speed, en-
planes took the air for the csee East httsisn isnn
more planes will leave here tomorrn,r
,,n AT ,,s sundown tonight Lieutenant Bel.
student OF Wake Forest, N. and
W,nner nn OF the recent trip contest be-
ssn o@n $40 Hsw milSE hoFk tEam, and T0ronto. had
landed at Chicago. while several other
westbound contestants were resting
94veMrniSht 4vM1S T. at Binghamton. Rochester.
butalo. Bryan and Cleveland, control
stations along the way. 'Ts u
Three Killed md 0ns Injured.
sons Eight aLo acG,idsnts, ,ii, in which three per.
oeen reported tonight to the headauarl
.ers ,,eI, OF the, American Flying Club here.
Mn'cn sin ssrvics Is coi0perating 70 with
Major p. II. Chrissy was ,sinstanfiv
silled xii Tbnma and his o6seEysr. Sergeant vir-
which he later diod, when the paine
in which they had left San Franciscos
early ear this % morning crashed in attcmpt-
sergcant w. Fl. Nevitt died this arr
ernoon OF injuries received when n
plane in which he and Colonel Gerald
Brandt were riding fell to the ground
reported to be not seriously INJURED 80
rive forced landings were reported.
Vernon, y. y. when his compass ceased
to function rTT-s--5ss-
Will Make Another start. Si y
VII he received permission to return to
Mineola and start again tomorrow...s-
Lieutenant r. L. Maushan,, Who re,
ceiyed permission to ny today from
manding the army air service. afterGhe
had been physically disqualified yes
terday by local officials. landed at
wills X Tth naYos motor rsg tsosss sa
PEELED to land at Nicholson, Pa
The only foreign entrants in the race
aeaehe ate of the srt,sh 81 ast
Washington. and Captain de Lavergne.
air attache of the French embassy,
%ere DefoIe re they had
ary. 80 (''e ~'o D ".Ins'
commodore Charlton. with E!lght
nae eoe Of his Brsso ss ghns aa the psae
wrecked his machine in making a
forced landing at Ovid, ~. y.
Captain de I4avergne. who was hy-E
machine. and Lieutenant D. 3. Gtsh,
his pilot. were compelled to. withdraw
into flames and was forced to land at
The only accident on the local feld
piloted by Captain Maurice Clearly qf
Everett. Wash. and carrying Bene-
diet Crowell. First Assistant Secretary
of War. as passenger. crashed to
the ground from a height OF 100 feet
and overturned. The accident. hap
pened while the machine was trying
to take off and less than a minute taf2
ter il had left the ground. Neither
Captain Cleary nor Mr.. Crowell was
hurt, but the right wing OF the ma
chine was smashed and the plane put
out of commission.
Plane Is Not Identified.
An element OF mystery was injected
into the race when a plane, bearing
the number 49," descended from; the
sky and flew toward the starting line,
Colonel Archie Miller, commanding all
aviation fields on Long Island. think,
ing that the plane had checked out"
waved for 1t to proceed.
The plane touched its wheels to- tho
ground and continued without stop
ping. Official timekeepers marked the
starting time as 11:56:36. but whom
they came to check up they found that
ciai list. and all attempts to learn It's
identity had proved unsuccessful atta
late hour tonight.
Weather conditions for the race, In
were almost ideal
A search OF all available records a
the flying club here tonight indicated &
that Major Theodore c.. Macauley was
the only aviator who had ever made
a coast to-coast flight. He flew from
San Diego. Cal, to Arcadia. Fla..sfa 4
distance Of 1900 miles. in the fall OF
1918. His unofficial flying time was