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Show Issy' Aviation Field Where French War Minister Was Killed : t ey 1 i- v - T . , . N ' - V y .--4,a., ' f , I " .y- ' mohs. bwteaux "ive MNvrre 1 , f "ii -, eeKieRAk view of the mroodomi at iasf. b iwoicares SPOT MORC thc accockt. kiW U-'V''.a 'l ' where mows. Bearreaux waa kuIp. feM? " " r gfj-. . r- "; - s , 3 ' -' f . SIS S',iaATOR WHOSE, "ai II l rtaJaeOTtfn.iaW-gaa n man .ima.aaiiai..i -f-a.i. f lawllV' aT AgfQBlfmS aaaaaaaaaBBBBlaaaaaa rilAa THE .TlfeAAfiOy. WRCCK Of MOMtW .TeXAIH eAACMINC. . 4H ap aew General view of tha aerodrome at Iaay, croaa Indicating spot where Mona. Bartraaox waa killed. ' I Herewith are shown photographs ot the itAies at Iiy-!es Molineaux. where the start of tha Paris to Madrid race of aeroplanes on Sunday, May 31. was marked hy the accident that caused the death of Mods. Bertreaux, the French minister of war. and the tterioun injury nf Mon. Moniw. the French nremier. " Mons. Bcrtreaux and other notable spectators had been, permitted on the field that they mi 2 lit gain a better view. Several machines had made successful suc-cessful starts when Mons, Train entered en-tered a monoplane of his own construction. construc-tion. He essayed to make two or three ctmiits nf the fieM in order In tet hi motor, and also the strength of tha wind, which had risen since the starting signal. la making a turn he lost control of the machine and began to seek a place to land. Just then cavalry was dispatched dis-patched across the field to pre?s hack the spertstors crowding onto the, field. 1 The eavalry passed directly bafore Mons. Bertreaax and tha other officials with him, concealing tha party of tha aviator. Mons. Train in his efforts to avoid the cavalry drove his maching directly di-rectly into the government group. Mons. Bertreaax waa terribly man gled and died almost instantly. Mona. .! (mis was Dam. nil. inu uiuttN-u uw it was thought at first that ha was f I tally. Injured, but he is now recovering. Mons. Train was practically unhurt, but his machine was completely wrecked. |