Show 6 7 1 ORM v IN MIDDLE WEST WES T I L IS MENACE MENA cE TO FLIERS W PlU To DEATH DAT DATIN I IN p t ti i tors in Attempt to toM toMake toMake M Make ke Landing at the cal Field Take Fake a Fatal Drop Both Die Diethe 7 the bodies of Major MajorI I Dana H. H Crissy pilot and geant cant First Class Virgil mas nas to be shipped from Salt to the homes holnes of their 4 n iTs S in Vas Washington D. D C. C and Los I. I p les cles s respectively and with the de- de dei i ire ure t today da of their brother fliers I heavy hearts only the wrecked 1 j h line ne e lying in the tile pond near neal the j jaS I Ii aS Vista field toda today mutely rehe rethe re- re the he double tragedy which oc oc- II afternoon The mi mis- mis j marks the first Western fatali- fatali i In lif the transcontinental air race I the he death of two of the most pop- pop in the service w was s with a great void and an 1 L Iff their hea hearts Its that the other pi- pi i and nd mechanics tuned up their It and hopped hoppe off on the days tid journey eastward in hi the theL L this morning following the crash aJ ajor r Crissy's plane yest of most of them and hunI huns hun- hun s pf of f onlookers I I ES ES' FOR ADDRESSES J Thin t In T S Voss oss oss post adjutant o oJ of j ez field California who is here as asI I dg dge of the race wired Mather J 1 for information as to the home of the two fliers The bodies I dead ead aviators were removed from I last night to the Quell l' l Allcott h undertaking establish establish- 3 j Crissy's plane piano was the ninth pear in the horizon Circling the according to th the government rules erace Major Crissy waved a greeting to the crowd below and l other ther aviators as he passed over Sergeant Thomas rose In and echoed the gr greeting tIg I. I of ot his hand Jor Jor or Crissy proceeded to the end eld where he intended to turn hIP jIp and straighten it out for fOI J i landing ShuhIng oft off tor about feet in the air all Y swerved sharply to the great gret eat seemed to quiver it rJ wounded and then was hurled to round in a death crash The ij of the crowd turned into crl cries s lund nay a and then suddenly a a. period nee ensued as everyone made cene of ot the fall with all pos pos- A paste laste ast 1 Ig b-Ig De Dc Haviland four lay a af f wreckage in the I Il muddy waters waters l pond The engine was driven 1 Ithe mud and the aviators were ln n the wre wreckage kage of the plane TORS AID of spectators who were on tu nd und aided In prying them loose eral l wires surrounding them theman ei ed an impenetrable barrier uns un- un t minutes s later when a mechanic I r from the hangar with pliers 18 t Ille the ne heads of the two men Inca I pmt held above the tIlE water to I d possibility of death by 10 pg ant Thomas was the first man and was lifted in the auto- auto iI of Chief of ot Police Pollee J J. Parle Parley G and ean d rushed rushel to the emergency j minutes later after frenzied away of wreckage the body hOdy of prissy Basy was removed ash L rash occurred when Major his machine sharply to 9 t. t It slipped sipped Into a q tall tail spin downward In the shallow ach Jach of the pilots of the racing 1 s who witnessed the fatal ac ac- p pj the crash to the sharp the machine In making th the S e Ich caused it to slip sideways ta I the Ithe earth The speed of the theIn In fL L they said at this time was nt to make male the controls ef- ef tri rl N FLIER t Crissy a a. veteran of the air of was commanding officer of ofield where he had been stance sta- sta Ii nce August 1 Previous to toe e jhel was executive officer at d fidd San Diego He Ho was waslY rI lY popular according to his avla ors The major was 31 fanda graduate of ot West Vest Point Sl Ithe the vat var he was commanding f ground school for avia- avia rIn ton university suI ved by a a. wife and two u residing at Mather ather lt t t. t thomas his ean ear ean old and rated as one of in the service g of the aeronautical SI Paul and had been jeen stal sta- sta l field since July I accident was recorded yes- yes et the De Do Haviland plane of I iff G G. Hall Hail in attempting to fm fro embankment brol broke e the oed o ed high in the air all and i it t rl on Its nose In the sand another embankment e It f the field This put Lieu Lieu- c a out of ot the the race matoo matoo ma- ma too badly damaged Lieu Lieu-I for |