Coalville Times | 1912-01-26 | Page 2 | Aviator Falls to His Death

AVIATOR FALLS TO HIS DEATH. Yal Oradusta Haa Fatal Fall While , Delne) tlunu In He ene; .g , Domlngueg Field. t-oa Angclea llulherford Page, aged twenty four, a Yule gradual, ri'glatered from New York, and flying aa one of th Curt Inn avlatora. fell ir.0 font to hla dealh Monday afternoon at lioinlngiirt field, a few moments before be-fore the close of th third iliiy'ss program pro-gram of thn third International avla tlon meet. Ills death, the doctors suld, waa Instantaneous. Pago waa endeavoring to "mm on a pivot" at a height of about l.'.i) foot, when th awoll of air over th hang-era hang-era caught hla plnnea. Puge nind an effort to regain hla balance, but, evidently evi-dently fearing that thn aernplnn waa beyond control, gave up and whon about alxty foot In th air Jumped clear of tho machine an it waa dropping drop-ping Ilk a plummet. He cleared the machine and fell flat Into th plowed ground. According to th doctors hr waa crushed In death.