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Show Companion Narrates Fatal Accident to Aviator Wales Ciii-:vi:x."i;. wyo., net. h.ah i uir IHkIiI tlirou.i;h a snowstorm, when suddenly a mountain up- I peared almost at the nose of the airplane: a sharp turn; a burst of wind that threw the airplane Into a lall spin, dashlnn the n inters lo 111.' around hencatli Hie wrockaKe this was the sudden end 01' I .leu I cu.-t n I Kduard Y , Wales, killed near Klk mountain, southern Wyomm;, while east bound In lie t rauscont iuen l a I air race. w ( lloldshoroiiKii, his compaiiloii. told the story here tislny. "It "us hellish to have to stand there mid watch hliu die," he s,,hl. "Nol'odi whs anywhere around to do a Ihlne; for him. and all 1 could do was i ci v Utile " e u ere dolnn well when, all o" a sud. I. 11. the mountain .i.iifi-ont,., us. lacilleiuuiL Wales turned the lull- ehlne sharply to avoid hitting the tnolintaiu. It went lnl a tail spill and dropped Into a ravine. "1 was Knocked .em, h,it came to in a lew minutes and K,u Wales out. He was badly cut and hloodhie. pre-usely pre-usely , Kot ,,u, hlccdlUK stopped Willi the means nvnllahle and then wrapped him In all the clothes we had. built. 11 li,-,. alonesl.le and went to the nearest ranch for help. "When we not bacli. Wales was dead lie probably was dead when 1 "It him. Ills skull was crushed and there was a K,-,t ,in,;;'.,sl hole In his forehead. ' The aviators were off their course and II.viiik north to follow the liuou ' '"'ln'' trucks In the storms. Holds. " b.i.llv bruised. He "''".'oi VVales's h,lv bee and later " . l" '','"' "'o 1'ody to t;,0 Ucu.eii- ml s motliei' In C.ilifotnhl. |