Duchesne Record | 1911-09-29 | Page 2 | Burned to Death in Airship

BURNED TO DEATH IN Aviator L Loses ses Life After Being Force Fierce orce a Into the Air by the Jeers of the Crowd Dayton O. O Forced O. Forced the Into the air ir irb b the jeers of thousands who called hit bli a coward Frank H. H Miller 23 ye yc year t old a Toledo 0 O. aviator shot in iii Int the sky at twilight Friday and when whim 1200 feet up was burner burned death before the eyes of tho J t f on the Miami county fa a grounds at Troy near here Miller Imer had circled the race raco tr trac and was just starting on a 8 ll glide gUde into a neighboring cornn 1 when something went wrong rong JJ i j could be bo seen making a frantic tempt to get his his- machine under n cm trot when suddenly the whirring the propellers ceased The craft th the dropped like a shot for tor f feet reet tiny blue name flame was emitting fro the engine and II In an Instant the ga ea oline oHne tank exploded The Tho machine was wrecked debr debt was hurled hundreds of ot feet teet Tl n aeroplane and its driver were burnt almost to a crisp as the dro drop JE rapidly to earth