Show RODGERS RODGERS- IS UNCONSCIOUS fROM FROMA A fALL I Tumble That Nearly Cost Cost- Life Lie C Caused sed Conc Concussion Concus s. s sion of Brain PASADENA Cal Nov 13 SufferIng l Suffering f om concus concussion lon of t the e brain and still stU un tin- u- u conscious A Aviator P. P Rodgers Rodger was vas ws unable unable tda today to to tot o t tell l an anything re regarding regarding r- r re- re garding the a a accident elde L which nearly cost cost- Ills his If at dusk yesterday st while he was U trying to o complete his his- ocean to oce ocean n flight re yesterday lIe He cannot talk connectedly 1 and there has s been nothing but blit surmise e so 80 far far- farto to account I for the mishap through which he h account lost contro of his aeroplane while while- f fly ing through the darkness slid arid ant plunged feet teet down down- upon a a field led near Compton halt half way way- between Los Ls Angeles and L Long ng Beach Dr said sald he expected to recover Rodgers Rogers Is attended ended constantly constanty b bj b his his' wife ife and mother No o one else has been permitted to see him Disjointed r remarks mark b by the Injured aviator aVator today toay Indicated that he was trying try try- ing tug to avoid avoid high powered trolley troley wires when he his hi c control control- wires wires' broke broke- and caused the tlE accident en t Trying g to t A Avoid void Wires Wie It was as dark dIrk when he arrived near Compton and the wires h he said gleamed X tubes b S a. a of l t mercury dy In the tte lf light the Compton r station lamps H He tilted d' d lila Ills to an ap al angle angre of 30 O 0 de degrees ds de- grees and she away from irom t tb geroue id d Q over r the tl- tl feld held field on on 01 the the Off f ranch when one of ot the te control wl According t s o parted di to Or Orr hosa vho RO gers fall fail tUft tie left wing of the aeroplane struck eft The Tle had fleM-had p J hM b I. I plowed plowed on oct the tl d day rore tha he dirt 1 8 a- a us w s all that that s' s d. d the l life of the Lator Rodgers Rodgers' f face dc e wa was bl burled led itt in the tho dirt the the- he heavy havy cOpper copper p r in fuel l l' l tank tak Jay JaY on his ne neck k when Orr Or rea u hed him him- The I pound motor motor- had l been b en wrenched e-d e from its is blocks and thrown against Rodgers Rodgers' Rogers Rogers' Side Dr Mattis n n sl said that Jat while hI e lh tho Im Impact In irn- irn att pact had s severely yer ly bruised d t aviators aviator's b body lat y no evidence eViden C of any serious internal injuries had yet i-ct cf dey developed d. d Conscious us R Rodgers Bodges i Is only p partially lly ly conscious loul at Intervals H He a asks What was I trying to todo do Where was was I Ig- Ig goIng go- go In tog Ing wis trin The accident disappointed thousands of persons who had ha gathered gather d at Long Lon Beach expecting to to- see the make a spectacular spectacular spec spec- finish of the last easy as lp lap Hp- necessary necea- necea a sary sary- sary to technically complete its his Atlantic to Pacific flight Rodgers will 1 Se confined to his b bed d not nt more th than thA wl a week his ph physicians sa say sap Ills Ills' machine will be brought here bere today and rebuilt Yesterdays Yesterday's esterday's accident was the most moat serious he experienced In II all l his Ills hiso to ocean trip The o only ono one ap ap o ocean ocean- ocean k preaching I g it was the o one which c befell l him when on one day out of New ew York Tork at on September 18 10 S. S |