Gunnison Gazette | 1918-02-22 | Page 1 | Vernon Castle Killed by Fall |

Type	issue
Date	1918-02-22
Paper	Gunnison Gazette
Language	eng
City	Gunnison
County	Sevier
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Vernon Castle Killed by Fall
Type	death
Date	1918-02-22
Paper	Gunnison Gazette
Language	eng
City	Gunnison
County	Sevier
Page	1
OCR Text	Show VERNON CA8TLE KILLED BY FALL Famous British Aviator Meets Death Trying to Save Another. Fort Worth, Texas. Captain Vernon Castle, hero of 150 flights over German linen, died Friday. He sacrificed his own life to prevent a collision in the air which would hav'e meant death to two Royal flying corps cadets. Captain Castle died Instantly. Cadet Peters, who accompanied Castle, was saved by Castle's body from the full force of the full. Vernon Castle had a national reputation repu-tation as a dancer. His home was in New York. With his wife, also a graceful dancer, he attained great popularity pop-ularity several years ago as a teacher of modern dances. When the war broke out both of the Castles became Interested rn war work and Mr. Castle took up anatlon.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c25t7k/3590688