Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-07-12 | Page 1 | Falls from Airship; Life Saved by Trees

FALLS FROM AIRSHIP LIFE SAVED BY TREES Clifford Harmon Harman Removes Pontoons From Aeroplane With Serious Results to Craft Now New ew York July 11 Clifford B n Har liar Harmon Harmon mon made an attempt this evening to fly II In an aeroplane from Garden City L I I across Long Island sound to tho the residence of or his Com Commodore Commodore Commodore E C Benedict at Greenwich Conn Not only did ho tall fall but his ma machine machine chine foil fell distance n of 10 feet and andwan was wan wrecked Harmon Hannon was badly bad shaken n but not seriously Injured tho the branches of a tree treo having broken tho the force of or his fall CaU Harmon was off of nt at p m today but the weight of pontoons which he attached att to his craft to Insure Us Ita floating proved too l heavy and he Jle watt was forced to alight after going lees lew than thana a a mile Tho The pontoons pontoon were removed and at 19 ho he was away again But Dut as all ho he disappeared In the e it was ap apparent apparent apparent parent that his hl engine was mINing miming and when near noar Roslyn Roelyn L I lose las than seven miles from his second starting place the aeroplane began b n to descend de rapidly In Its perilous p drop to the tree treetops treetops tops When the crowd gathered Harmon was found viewing the wreck of his craft lie He did not ay gay whether he ho would try again