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Show r GIRL LEAPS CLEAR AS MACHINE FALLS Carried Aloft Involuntarily, Only Her Nimblfl Jump Prevents Death Amid Wreckage. New York. Miss Dcrnctta Muller of 39 West 8lxty-soventh Btroet, whoso homo 1b In Cnnton, O., has been a pupil pu-pil oi nn aviation school at Mlneola, 'U I., for tho past week, but had only boon permitted to drlvo n monoplano on tho ground. The "olovntor" of tho machlno hnd been kept tied down so that no mischance might send tho craft soaring Into tho nlr. When Miss Muller started out tho other morning sho thought the usual provision against sudden flight had been made, but In her absence somo ono had tamporcd with tho bonds and tho "elevator" was qulto frco to go Dropped Like a Spent Rocket. into nctlon if tho right lover wcro moved. Tho girl hnd been driving over tho lawn for several mlnutea when sho Inadvertently In-advertently grasped tho lever that put tho Hying mechanism Into play. In-Btnntly In-Btnntly the craft Btnrted heavenward. Miss Muller wan frightened. Sho Jerked furiously at ono lever after another, an-other, but In a twinkling tho piano wna 20 feet in tho air. Then tho girl of twenty-two, realizing realiz-ing that sho was powerless to stop u- ward flight, decided to InKo dinners on coming down and shut off tho motor. mo-tor. Tho machine with tho motor stopped, stop-ped, dropped cnrthwnrd like n spout rocket. Tho girl mndo no nttempt to guldo the downward plunge, but Just when another Instant would have soon her crushed amid the wrockago of tho Bteol car, alio Boomed to gather her wits. Tho bystanders heard a llttlo cry and then tho girl's body shot out nnd landed a fow feet from tho monoplano, mono-plano, just as it crumbled Into a twisted mass of steel. Sho hnd tried to Jump clear of tho wreckngo nnd her success hnd saved her llfo. |