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Show JULES wis IS ! FATALLY INJURED I I Most Popular Aviator in : France Falls While Making Rapid Descent. I SKULL IS FRACTURED Surgeons Declare There Is but Slight Hope for Recovery of Airman. PARIS. April 2V Jnlei VedriDes. the most famous und most popular aviator avia-tor of Prance, probably waa fatally in 'urcd as a result of a fall with his aeroplane this morning al St. Denis, a suburb of Paris, while flying; from Ho,, a,, in the department of the Nord, to Madrid. Ycdrine.s was ambitious of creating a "e iv record for BO airman by fiyiug from Brussels, Belgium, to Madrid. Spain. in I wen ty-four iioiir.'. He started from Pan- lat Thursday in his Deeeerdussin monoplane on tbe way to Prusf-eis Put owing to motor trouble decided de-cided not to proceed further than Donai, about 117 miles, which be reached in one hour anil forty niinulo9. This morning he had succeeded in tititr bis motor into proper working or dcr. Accounts Differ. He was seen flyiog over St. Penis, an cntcin suburb of Paris, where he made'a rapid dc cent from a height of hmi tret. Aceounts differ as to the cause of the accident. Bonis of the spectators sav that the monoplane struck the tsie graph nircH alone the railroad track and thai Vedrioes was thrown out onto the rails. A cording to another account a train hit Ih- monoplane as o-lnnes "as about to land ,n order to rectify a defect in his motor. The gviator wa found to have b fractured skull. He was placed on H train and taken to Paris, where he waa sent to B hospital and Ihe operation ol trepanning was at once performed The doeior attending VedTines saj there is blicbt hope that be will re C01 er. Remarkable Career. lulet- Vedrioes has had s remarkable caroor as an airman, having taken a loading part in many of the Sjreat Fu ropean races anil also created many records. Besides this hr bad esneri enced many narrow escapes from fatal accidents He made, s long distance cross country record from Paris to Angouleme while participating in the Paris-Madrid race which he won lasr year. In the same coutest he graced a mountain peak while on the way to San Sebastian. He nls was attacked bv an eagle during his flight ijeross the mountains. He was decorated by Kirg Alfonso oti arriving at Madrid and also received th legion of honor from th French government. He started in the Paris Rome Turi n nice, but damaged his machine. In tho European circuit, f rmn Vm eoDncp through Belgium to Kngland and baeli to Paris, after leading for some tini". he smashed his machine wbil fly. ng the last stage and vras placed fourth. Tfo wss in.iured b a fall at Heri-court. Heri-court. Prance, on September IT. J911, and agaiu at Morannes on December S, 1911, but in January of (Ms year he was nhl" to create a speed record of fights three Hnd on A-third miles an hour at Pan and also broke records frr 100 and 200 kilometers. A few days later he made another hour record of 103 8 3 miles t:t Pau. This veur be was an unsuccessful candidate for chamber of deputies, conducting bis electoral campaign in his monoplane. |