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Show IJI U IS KILLEDBr Fill Second Member of British-American British-American Flying Circus to Meet Death. ST. LOUIS, Aag. 24. Major William K. Jicam of San Diego, CaJ flight enr-geou enr-geou of the British -American flying cirrus which started early today from Indianapolis to St. Louis, waa killed when an airplane piloted by Lieutenant Veby Benncr of Metochin, N. fen 150 feet at Effingham, I1L, at 10 a. m. Lieutenant Becner suffered a compound com-pound fracture of a and internal injuries. in-juries. His condition is reported serious. seri-ous. other airmen of the squadron are reported to have landed safely near Effingham. Ef-fingham. 101 in i lee east of St. Louis, after tho arrident. Attempts to reach 1st. Louis today were abandoned, f According to information received j here, Lieutenant Bencer was approaching approach-ing a landing in a cornfield, one miie out of Effingham, when his engine apparently ap-parently stalled and his plane did a noso divo to earth. t was reported the fliers ran into a severe rain and windstorm wind-storm which caused Lieut-enant Benner to attempt to land. Two machines previously pre-viously had made a safe landing in the field. Eour mcahines landed safely just outide of Marshall, 111., about forty miles wct of Terre Haute, and one landed at Martinsville, HI. Major Ream's death was the second sine the mission started on a tour of middle western cities. Captain James Eit.inorris of the British flying corps was killed the first day, August 14, just out of Cincinnati. Major Ream was 42 years old, served on the Mexican border and, until his assignment on the flying tour, was at a flving field near San Diego. Bricudier Genera! Charles F. Lee, In ch:rpe of the British aviation mission, flew from Effingham this evening to Scott field in one hour in a hard rain. U was announced that six maehtne.s had found their way from various landings land-ings to 1 ;f f ingham after the storm. A seventh U near Martinsville. Hb. with a damaged propeller. The machines at Effingham will fly to Scott field tomorrow to-morrow morning, and the air program here will he given in St. Louts, as scheduled, sched-uled, unless weather prevents. Iate Uiis evening no cause had been assigned for the falling of Lieutenant Renner's machine, other than that low-hanging low-hanging clouds are believed to have made unstable air conditions. |