Show GROSSES CROSSES ALPS IN AEROPLANE daring peruvian aviator accomplishes most wonderful feat but meets disaster at end of flight Domo domodossola dossola italy the great greaf feat of crossing the snow capped alpine barrier between switzerland and italy in a heavier than air machine was accomplished complis hed on friday by george chaviz the young peruvian peruvia n aviator the plucky hero of the exploit however lies in the domodossola Domo dossola hospital badly injured as the result of an accident that occurred just as he had co completed the most arduous and nerve racking portion of the task both his legs are broken his left thigh Is fractured and his body Is badly contused confused cont used but physicians are of the opinion that these hurts will not prove fatal the accident occurred eta as chavez was trying to make a landing here the alps had been crossed successfully and the aviator was descending with the power of his machine cutoff cut off when about thirty feet above the ground a sudden gust of wind seemed to catch the monoplane which turned over and fell when the crowds that had been watching the descent ran up they found chavez lying bleeding and unconscious beneath the twisted wreckage willing hands lifted the aviator from the ground and bore him to the hospital fifty miles away and over country that has none of the hazards of the alps lay milan the goal chavez was seeking in an endeavor to win a prize of offered by the italian aviation society for the flight chavez had lost the race |