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Show I I; ! 1 1 i i C L TJ E ELY IS I h KILLED BY FULL 1 IJ j MACON, Ga., Oct 19. Eugono Ely. Hl t aviator, met death at tho stato fair 1 ' 1 j grounds this afternoon when his -ma- H j j i ohlno failed to rise from a sensation- H al dip and plunged with him 500 feet Hl to tho ground. Ho fell in tho field H 'ill oC tho race track, after almost clear- H j 'j j ing tho machine by a desperate leap 0 ' ' I j -when he realized his peril. Bones Hfcfc- !t ' were brol:on in a score of places. H I Ely died a few minutes later, re- H 11 j gaining consciousness just before the il I end long enough to mutter: "I lost control I know I am going ! to die." Hk I " Ely mad flight this morning, as H ' I cendlng 3,100 feeu At 2:45 o'clock ho H .! ' J began his second flight, rising grace- Hl fully from tho track enclosure, which Hl I ' ) ho circled at the rate of 30 miles an Hl I hour. As he was completing the cir- Hl t cuit he mado a dip. seemingly to 11' startlo the thousands beneath him. , ' i The machine shot down with tre- A I i mendous velocity and the crowd ap- h . J plauded, thinking the aviator would H f j i rise, as he had done many times be H I j But Ely seemed to lose his grip on Hl ' I the lover and the machine continued H J V its downward plunge. He attempted H jjj to rise from his seat. H ( Losing the lever altogether, he half H Ji jumped, barely clearing the aeroplanes m& ' I as It crashed to the ground. The mn- n ! Chine was demolished and Ely struck T c1 wltn terrific forco. He died shortly ! l l l l j v i after reaching the hospital. !;( Ely, a native of Iowa, left his wife jj in New York two weeks ago to come to Macon to give a series of flights f for the state fair. He had been giving M ' ' I spectacular flights here for eight H 'i zz days, going up on one occasion in a rainstorm. Today Ely offered to make a flight by night, painting his craft with phosphorus, "so n6 to startle tho natives," na-tives," he told the fair directors. The offer was declined because he wanted a thousand dollars. Before making his ascent this afternoon, after-noon, Ely told his attendants he feared fear-ed something would happen. |