| Article Title |
Most Daring British Aviator is Killed |
| Type |
death |
| Date |
1910-07-13 |
| Paper |
Salt Lake Herald-Republican |
| Language |
eng |
| City |
Salt Lake City |
| County |
Salt Lake |
| Page |
1 |
| OCR Text |
MOST DARING BRITISH I AVIATOR IS KILLE KILLED CAPT ROLLS I VICTIM NO 12 First Flying Tournament of Year in England Brought to Tragic Close By Dramatic Drop of Young Contestant FELL IN PRESENCE OF OFA OFA OFA A TREMENDOUS THRONG Man Who Electrified World by Sailing Across Channel and Back Without Stopping Won Many Medals and Plaudits DISTINGUISHED BY DARING J c ct co cl t ii r ri ri rS 1 i i o l i S J s str l J tr s 1 cr 12 i c roz r 4 r cor iT e t l lR R xa t tt a CL c oatis ton r sr z 1 1 f v is a u U C B O AJ ortO A cOl rc F vr rop J J C ANNIl St J ocra o s sAt kR v o c GJ UJ At top Captain Rolls Bolls in his machine center shows route across channel and back corner comer picture shows aviator in air piloting his car careR eR Helta ts I s the twelfth of or the Ut science of or aviation The TI on death tk roll September 17 Lieutenant Thom H U S A In fa fall With Onule Wright near clear 5 i 7 w B gas M Tte ItaMan I IH lit Rena In hi m mach of f kh Ids hie ow r ci 7 Fe febvre r B le killed In lit Wright kt machine at Juel J Frame Fra S n F F killed at Bidega Be France Prance December 6 S kilted killed at falling 1000 feet teet after arter mo motor motor motor tor oa 4 De La Grange Leon killed at ux France April 2 Horbort Harbert Horb rt Le Ie Blon instantly killed falling on rocks at San Ian Sebastian Spain May IS 12 Chau ette at It Lyons France Juno 17 Speyer r killed at Sin Pr a nete June 18 Eugene killed at Stettin Getman July Jul 3 Z ach ter tr Chart Charles L killed hilled at Rheim Rhelma in Antoinette monoplane Baroness De D La Roche was WM almost killed by a fall taU In her r Von biplane at the tho Rhelma Rhel s meeting July Jul 8 tn July 1 12 B The first flying tournament nl of 4 the 7 nr In un to 10 n ft tragic e this Ibl morning mg slag by the Ibe death dh of r the I mo n t the tIe lion II SI S i I Rolls Doll third son aua on of nt Lord In th the presence of or a great t company i of et spectators a majority of whom here women and aDd children and many man personal friend of r ibe young aviator the tho th Wright t biplane on which he was waa waat t flying fly fell fU suddenly 17 with terrt 8 speed from a height t of or lie 1 feet It struck the groom close to the crowded grand It stashed wc Into a tangled t RUN mass massand and nd before the tile doctors and aM their as M asS S tan olid oe W reach rek the spot t Rolls Rolla was a dead The Th event In which Rolls RollI was WaR competent com competing was for r a prise for tor aviator alighting nearest a given chen mark The goal was directly In front ef of r the grand grandstand stand where whore the Ute spectators were massed maed lie He had neon rison to a good d height then shut hut off his hie motor and aM wa was gliding lag ing In In a broad rOAd nalo toward the he mark without warning the Ule tall piece plea of the biplane snapped off oft The machine gave save a sudden lurch and the tile framework framework frame framework work crumpled up In the air When Whon It U struck the tM ground It was waa smashed to splinters II n The TIle doctor doctors found that Rolls Rolle had Continue on Page J Je Two TITO DARING BRITISH if AVIATOR R KILLED Continued From lne One suffered a fractured skull The wreck of the machine and twisted ted stays stayn sur aur surrounded rounded the body so 80 that there thore was wan difficulty in extricating It Immediately tely after the result of Rolls Rol t rf accident the committee announced that flying would be suspended for the Ute day dayLord Lord and Lady Laity Llangattock the parents of ot Rolls Bolls did not witness the catastrophe They were yachting along the coast coant and put In at Poole Foole near Bournemouth this thin morning Intending to attend the aviation meeting but postponed going until afternoon Captain the lIon Hon Charles Stewart Rolls was wan W JI 33 years yearn old and was one of 01 the most moet popular young allaround sportsmen in England At ballooning at motoring and later In the field of or he bad had distinguished elf by his bin utter fearlessness tearle 1 the Channel Undoubtedly his hin crowning font feat nu his round trip across tho the channel he b tween Dover and Calais Calain In a Wright biplane on June 2 last lant Two French Frenchmen Frenchmen men Louis and Count De Do Le Len Les Leeps s nope ps already dy had crossed the channel and Hubert Latham had almost suc succeeded succeeded Channel flying was wan at a Do discount in England because It was considered an anold anold anold old story and also alno because national pride suffered from the monopoly of It by Frenchmen when Rolls Rolle electrified the entire kingdom by doubling the accomplishment of or his predecessors The distance d tance between Dover and Calais l I In milen and when Rolls Kolls did the round trip of miles mIle in ninety minutes without stopping his hie performance was a marvelous one both for distance and time Rolls Roll was as alii modest a Air aa he was wan 1108 dar flar flaring ar arIng ing and received the congratulations which were showered on him almost with embarrassment In his bin youth Rolls foils was wan one of the pioneers of motoring in England lie He drove a motor car while the ordinance was still in force that every polled pell vehicle on the public road must mun be preceded by a man carrying a red to warn pedestrians bince 1896 he hall baa been one of the tho best beat known mo motor motor motor tor experts expert In Europe Won oa Gold Medal MedalIn n In 1900 he won the tho gold medal In the thousand mile tulle automobile race He was Wan the representative of Great Britain In Intile inthe tile the Gordon Bennett race of or nor 1905 and several times made worlds records for tor speed As a balloonist Rolls Rolla had nad made more than ISO ascensions a crossed cro ed the tile channel several times In balloons and andIn andIn andIn In 1996 1386 by a Journey from Paris to Sherbourne and end Norfolk trained the tho French Aero clubs medal for tho the long longest longest est oct balloon journey Rolls Rolla was wan Intended for tho the diplo diplomatic matic matlo service but he showed such en enthusiasm n I Ihu for science and mechanics that his parents decided it was wan better botter to let him become a good scientist t than a diplomat He Ue was educated at Eton Eten and Cambridge where ho he specialized in engineering and electricity Uy He was wan captain of the Cambridge university bi bl bicycle bicycle cycle eyele team and gained his military title with the tho Eton volunteer bAttery battory Written and aad Lectured Rolls had bad written and lectured much on his hI hobby particularly on the future of or motoring lie He also Wan an Sn expert export musician lie Ho was wan the technical man managing managing aging director of tho the Rolls Royce mo motor motor motor tor company and also captain of or the London section of the tho army motor re ro reserve reserve serve nerve corps Captain Rolls Roll had expected to come cometo cometo to the United States this thin fall to give exhibitions of or flying and to compete In any meetings that might be held After his hi flight of the channel he re received telegrams telegram of congratulation cong from King ICIng George Georgo and Queen Mary Iary was wan given the gold Jold medal of tho the Royal Hoal Aero Acre club and altogether was wan one of the most conspicuous figures in Eng land |
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