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Show RODGERS ALSO SMASHES li!S AEROPLANE Accident at Kiddletown; Will Go BacK and Start Over Again. MIDDLKTOWN. Bpt. U In altampt-Int altampt-Int to fuma bta fllcht to tha Paciftc coaat thia mornms C. P. Rodg ara ermhat9 Into ft traa and fall with hia aroplana thtrty-flra faat to tha ground. Tha airman ralvad aoalr wound a. not aarloua. but hia machlna waa wnvkatf. RodMra sturk to hla aeat during th pi una, but waa thrown out whn tha machlna hit tha around And oaught un-dr un-dr on of tha wlnga, juat aaraplng bain ba-in a; crushed to dath by tba Haavy angina. an-gina. Afaar In aa ligation Kodirra aa Id everything waa wrwkM axrpttng tha parflatar- aaid -fMt mmmH tank.- - Tba machine la practically ruined. fVallaing the hoplMneee of' repatr tng hti machlna, Rodgera aald he would return to New Tork thla evening and make another etart In a new aeroplane. Tha transcontinental racer started before be-fore dayMght today,- Intending If poaai-hle poaai-hle to eatahltah a record. He left the ground at 1&. Although, there waa little lit-tle wind ha failed to gat a good etart and nearly at ruck tha four-foot atone wall aurroundlna; the aviation around a. Then, at a height of twenty feat, one or nia pianee mrucc tna uro or a wiuow tree, Thla threw him out of hla eouree and he crashed fuN speed Into a Mi hickory beyond. Tha branches of the tree partly broke the force of hla fall, but the machine came down an hard that tha engine waa aimoat burled In tha soft ground. Rodgera waa pulled out from under hla plana at HI smoking a cigar ha Mt before the at art. Ha waa aeaiated to hla enecial train, which Blood waiting nearby with steam up ready to accompany him on today's Journey, over the Brie railroad. WARD OETS OOOD TAT. ' OWEOO, N. T.. Her. Ii With his new engine working apiendldly, Jamee J. Ward, tha young roeet to ooaat flyer, made a auoceeeful gat away from here at 10:42 today. , Just before leaving- ha waa Informed of Rodgera' mishap this morning. Thata totwh luck," said Ward.' "I know Just how he fee la." Ward expecte to reach Brant ford, Caa)., ton I glit. |