The evening world., 1919-10-09
M|NEOLA AIR RACER
OFF FOR ST. PAUL, NED.;;
FAR AHEAD OF RIVALS
Continued From First PsEeJ

which he himself narrowly escaped
injury.
Lieut.. Haynes found his right wing
controls were useless when he was
200 feet in the air. lie planed down
to 100 feet and then in dropping to
the earth found he could not con-
troll the machine. which hit the
ground three times in long bounds.
turning completely over. He crawled
out with bruises all over him and
deep scratches on his lace.
LIEUT.. GISH s77RTS AGAIN
AFTER FIRE DAMAGES PLANE.
lieut.. Dish, whose plane burned at
Canadlce, N. Y, yesterday, started
over again at n little after noon, TAX
ing Lieut.. Haynes as his observer.
Heavy rains and wlndstorms played
ha-oc with the schedules OF as many
OF -Se aviators as spent the night At
B Ftalo and Cleveland.
MORE MACHINES REACH cLEvE-
LAND DESPITE STORM.
Lieut.. Col. Reynolds. Capt. Donald
son and IAeuts. Norris, Roullet,
Haynes. w. c. Brown. Newman,
Pearson and Roberts left Buffalo for
Cleveland. Two hours later four ma
chimes were reported down at North
Girard. Pa. fifteen miles west of
Erie, Pa, beaten Off their course by
the storm. Lieut.. Pearson reported
at Cleveland at s.o7. Capt. Donaldson
arrived at Cleveland at s.23 ana
Lieut.. Newman at s.57 1-2.
After four fiyer1 from Rochester had
reached Buffalo the officer in com
mand OF the field there ordered that
no more planes be sent west from
Rochester until further notice.
Major Sneed went astray from
Blnghamton last evening and landed
in Ringtown. near Shenandoah, Pa.
He went back to Binghampton to
start again.
Capt. Hoag. commander at Ash
burn Field, at Chicago. this morning
sent word to officials at Bryan Field,
o.. asking that all westbound ma
chimes be held there until further
notice because Of the unfavorable
weather conditions in Chicago
Three OF the men who started in
the great contest yesterday were
killed; several were injured; ave air
planes were so disabled that they
could not continue in the test: a NAM
ber were practically disqualified by
losing their course.
The dead are Sergt. W. H. Nevitt.
killed when Col. Gerald C. Brandt was
hurt in. forced landing at Deposit,
N. Y, and Mayor Dana II. Crissy and
Sergt. Virgil Thomas. killed when
their plane fell during a landing at
Salt Lake City.
Three OF the flyers were missing"
| for a time last night. They were
Lieut.. j. G. Williams. Lieut.. Willis r.
Taylor and Capt. John J. Marquette.
Later word was received that Taylor
had landed far off his COURSE at
Nicholson, Pa. and Marquette at
wllliamsport, Pa. Williams Is still
unheard from.
The aviators, forty-seven OF whom
took OF at Mineola yesterday and
fifteen at San Francisco. were carry
ing on to-day with renewed conf
dence.
or the fifteen San Francisco sta. ters
IN this greatest of air races, eleven
reached Salt Lake City by night. The
ninth entry to arrive there. the firs'
overnight stopping place, met witt
disaster. Major d. II. Crissy, COM
mander Of the aviation field at Sacra.
mento, Cal, and his mechanic, Sergt
Virgil Thomas, approached Buena
Vista Field, near Salt Lake City. and
signalled a greeting to brother avia,
tors. He started to circle the fielC
preparatory 10 landing with engin,
shut of. Tho plane suddenly turneC
and nose dIved 15o feet into a ponS
; of mud and water. Crissy died In
; stantly and his mechanic within a few
minutes
Tho other dead flyer was fron
Roosevelt Field. Serst. w. II
: hewitt, who was piloting the DH-
in which Col. Gerald C. Brand
: flew as passenger Engin
I trouble forced landing about
mile from Deposit, N. Y. In efrectin
a landing the plane wea. into n nos
dive and crashed. hewitt, in the from
coat, was cruthed between the fue
; tank and the engine, dying about a
, hour AFTER he was taken from tn
p wrecs. Col. Brandt soon recovered.
: There were narrow escapes In tw
! other accidents, Lieut. Dan B. Glsl
I and Capt. de La Vergne, French al