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Show TWO FATALLY HURT By IMBUE Lincoln Beachey Loses Control Con-trol of Machine, With Disastrous Results. By International Xows Service. HAMMONDSPORT. N. Y Oct. 7, ltuth Illldroth, the 20-year-old daughter of Walter K. lllldrcth. formerly of New TorK-, and her sister. Dorothy, qscd IS, were probably fu tally Injured this afternoon after-noon when a ut of wind drove Lincoln Benchey's aeroplane down on the shed, from tho roof of which they were watch-ins watch-ins the aviation meet on Curtlsa Hold. The announcement that Beachey. who Is well known here, would attempt to emulato the nerlal somersaults recently performed by the Frenchman,' I'esouil, drew a crowd of .voinu 700 penmiiH to tho Held. About 2:15 Beachey mud,, his llrst usccnt and swooped over the Held several times In his fa miliar spwtaculur style. The Ml&.ses illldroth and their escorts, nnslotis to sl a better view, climbed to the roof of a small building used as the headquarters of thc naval aviators. Beachey, who knew the purty, faluted thorn as he flew by and went on to the further corner of the held, whero h turned buck. As the machine ncarod the Party nn the roof on Its return trip It was V-i-.i to dip wildly. Ucforc thc party could scramble to safety., they worn struck by the rear plane and swept to the Kround. The machine careened wildly, strruqled upward a few reel and then plunged about thirty feet to the ground, crump-llnj crump-llnj up. Boachey struggled from the wreckage practically unhurt and the attention at-tention of the onlookers was directed to the Hildroth jdsterx. both of whom lay unconscious whero thoy hnd fallen. Ruth, tho older, In falling had struck (Continued on Fan Two.) TWD FATALLY HURT Ei Ail AEROPLANE (Continued from Pago One.) her head against the corner of an automobile, auto-mobile, leaving a gaping wound in her temple. A physician among the spectators specta-tors rushed to her side and turned a sad face to those around him as he pronounced pro-nounced her beyond human aid. Dorothy Hildreth had suffered a broken leg, a broken arm and possible internal injuries. in-juries. In falling she had struck her breast against an iron tent stake. She was removed to the hospital at Bath. Her condition Is reported late tonight as extremely critical. Lieutenants Bellinger and Richardson, escorts of the two girls, who were also thrown from the roof, escaped with a few severe bruises. |