Show i i i- i r DEATH AND INJURIES ie OF I Lieutenant Selfridge is Killed in Fall of I f Exhibition at Fort Myer Grounds 7 i BOTH ViCTIMS ARE BURIED e 1 Aviator Wright is Seriously H urt by ot Fall of the Record Record-mak 4 IJU I t 4 WashIngton ton Sept 18 2 a a. a mOrville m- m Orville right Is rallying I front the shock hock lIe itt II sleeping 4 under opiates Ills His condition conditto I Is t unchanged from that at midnight O OI I Washington Sept Sep t. t 1 The Tho blades blade I of oC one of the two Upon th the I Wright aeroplane broke during a I m. m flight ht at Fort I cr with Or ht and Lieutenant Thomas F of the signal corps United United I States army army- late this afternoon The aeroplane fell a distance or of r I feet I Ia LIeutenant Is dead Iron 1001 a fractured skull and amid Mr Ir Wright lie I In iii the Fort olyer Myer hospital with hi his left leU leg fractured nt at the thIgh ant three ribs broken He will recover unless aimless thoro thero are serIous internal In- In jUlies not developed The aeroplane I Is a total wreck nothing intact save the planes that gave hi It buoyancy I Wright was his fourth circuit dr cir cir- I cult of the tho Held field when the I happened rime rhe turn at the tho southern end of the course courso was beIng mad when the tho blades snapped and blow blowout out In iii the nil air behind the machine aeroplane staggered held In Its course for tor a moment shot about ten feet fee high listed heavily and then plunge to the tue earth ca where Is crumbled Into u. u tan led muss or of I anti amI Selfridge sat lint fast ii In their seats seat until the aeroplane The They then were vere dash dashed ell to the tho on oil their he heads ds anti faces lute Into the th crushed tan tangle le ot of broken wires en and stanchions behind and upon timex them the machinery or of th the a aeroplane Ui the motor engIne cylinders and ond propeller shafts hotts crushed hed with great h I th tl 1 o ou u. M 19 II r ti TJ a.- a. J 1 ii the tho sc rou th there re HII n. Jl bY fi fic c croW cu a J and 8 0 1 men to tLe thu The mu men menI under the thu wreck ck tw tn I minutes before u. u j reach reached c m was wa lie IIo mm WitS I bent nt nearly noarl double his ilIA and fac Cace were a muss mass of at cuts blood Sharp Simar poInts whIch time the c at atthe time the hall had and cut hit hIm and md lied penetrated ted time the skull lie He dl did riot not 0 although lie ho groaned Wright la on his side lila hIM bod body from tho ime ii hips p. p down under th tho lie Ho lied hall raised time the i art ot of time tho bod body and was support n nIt nu nut It t on hl his am a.m. when his imis C C. E E. Talor und and lIens lIans Kowski ot of Wash Wash- InKton readied reached himlie him lie Dc careful of oC my le leg he as the they lifted him In their arms MeT Ien alsed time thc wreckage and freed the or f time the men They were wr laid upon the thu and a a. strong cordon of soldIers soldier forced back timo tho shocked but curious crowd Four ot of staff starr who wore wItnessing wIt wIt- the he general Jeneral army arm easing tho flight ht mado hasty hatt time tho thos Injuries and amid reported ot of time the s of time the condition ot of each ench man io 10 I lr fur to the Fort FOIt A cavalryman tom fOI and ond hospital hos- hos pital Mer i tal stewards ca no wi with tim stretchers to these the men Wore conveyed critical ex- ex the he hospital V elo more of limo tho Injuries were made Selfridge was suffering back of tho In tIme the roni a fracture base of time the brain Ills IUs time the h end ad near Cace ace and scaLp were terribly lacerated Ic He never rc regained consciousness antI and Lied at p p. p m in remained con for Mm Ir Wright some tIme Lime but gradually saul sank Into a stupor The fractured bones were set et b by Captain halley time the post stir sur- geon eon assisted lIy by Ma ore Crosby Crosb Mc- Mc staff Caw Ireland of time the general aw or r the tho army and Dr Walters ot of New cw time tho flight amid nd cork who I occident while Before Defore losIng consciousness George Georgo 0 Squire acting held of if the signal corps bunt ben t over 01 him In Wright murmured We Ve will not be able to keep that engagement on- on dine with Genral Gen Gem we have ha hato to ral eral Crozier rh I Sinks to tn Steep 1111 Then Therm he sank to sleep but a few ew later he opened his eyes and Tell Taylor to see what Is the matar matter mat mat- ter ar with that transmitter Then he sank back and was lost lostIn In n stu or Time Tho catastrophe has thrown throw a pan pall over ver Washington anti and time thc 2000 Many messes are shocked inexpressibly who rho haul gone to Fort Myer excited or of witnessing sonic some b t the e expectation feats than have havo marked the flights or of tire the wonderful nyer returned In tears Time The ascent was made matJe at p p. p tn ma had to go o up In time corning but the wind was too high md he st ved until t the e afternoon In Inthe the lie hope the wind would fall Call DurIn Dur- Dur DurI I In ng the tho forenoon lie he went carefully over I Ithe the he entire machine with hIs two as- as C C. E E. Taylor and C C. S. S Furness Ion cw pro ehler blades hud had been put on both propellers Two ot of the these e blades n one propeller proved defective e but did not know the they not strong trong lIe was over the tho pros pros- for tor a 0 most successful flIght About S 6 o'clock the wind dropped seemed and nd wl ther conditions Ideal deal Time The cars moving to Fort mad had been with sight seers for fornero nero more than nn an hour A cavalry cordon mad been stretched about the field and tho ho crowd cowd was pressed back further han ever before Wright hail had notified d dI tho ho officers that imo he would carr carry mm It I passenger anti and asked that the crowd bo to held black back because of oC the danger There was a 0 among members member I who would oC if the signal corps ns as to nake the ascent will rl ht for an on I test In time tho Few sig mci corps offIcers were upon the tho field I nan now absent from t Major Souler or was vas on lAnd as and Lieutenant s. s set S-i S short hort flights With Wright U a I t OJ e O I. I i t. t 10 s f tl Perfectly nt at Start At 5 18 the aeroplane shot from the monorail anti glided up Into the air Wright and It was working perfectly as It soared to a I J hI of 75 feet an lo l o of time tho grounds As l ii r f tIme the ero II W I imis hands upon too l in a smIling in P to 10 Witness a. a k J H As 8 Wright rl ht swung I to lui t C r 4 I In his imis third flight ho t ter or er and un the tho a of tp i creasing its lU I 7 hour One more o r f made itt at od tre r f. f r i started on Its He fatal atul A h 1 i f Lr It had turned la lot of the Held fIeld over thi th t time Ule arid and thu pree ires tents when At AC tiit mo as coining about 1 the circle and Arlington a ii mull e II side tr l 4 l tf 11 c t 4 fi t i ilc t I t M MII wh II r t lit iQ t tI I gate and hIli airship tI tilted Hed ort U more thun 15 I motor ort off Time Tho a p the ctr cro of the anti I it shot to earth j striking with dad aY I about time A gasp of at horror rah raim OJ S 'S 0 I with crowd a 4 single l Imp b r h forward iii fn full flight acro l qi parade grounds to the O F wreck the tho C mounts time the running t. time the newspapermen C. C Y g r 3 and amI Hans finns Kowski Ko n it Justice of 0 tho ur remo court or of III fe r t were first to reach rench the HP J. J fW tt and Jow i ItI og under time wreckage e end ond To Therm i and all w r t 1 time tho signal corps m men n I hK at thu flights and 4 t t t- t hYI J k 1 0 I l. l the thu stretchers had 1 1 Wright anti all to time the U J. la lor broke down Throwing jl o cr vcr time the crushed mind and k 0 age the that liz his and amid ht he bu buts but's stint tim an uncontrollable loot or of t Ti- Ti i strong trong hook In his J g 1 1 mall mummy 1 mon In the crowd crOWll 3 U from room time the scene tutU Tuen C C. S S. S hal hi hI n back to the jima empty empt t ru J t which the lied had sent time short hort halt hair hour before beCore I aU all t. t ma to Its Ocla e the ag tJ preceptor of Vt slit Jollied tho mourning moo mea lie He t too o. o w J oppressed with grief at be that hat hAll come to his hili C an lH pupil Later the t lie tho hos hal Ital for news of oC what d by the Cf they hey came to Washington to I hL Mr Ir says that the r.- r. viii prove proc a serious l tu to f for a time tl ti to ahead In the tho nc m nen n will push is III expected to leco and Ur Ir says wilt regain hJ hia n r 1 He Jo will build another u rood or better than that which mini him to grief and will Jle f Ji r tile Myer eld f. f t I. T. T i- i be i. i Mr Ir explained thal ta hitra rt oC f the aeroplane imad to b bo- bo en awa tway to get Lieutenant out under the is lila I. I talon that the accident t he light wood used in the The pressure of air Against blades was vat the evolutions Lucy were hey broke lie examined ige carefully and found thiat both been broken with a splint splint- red fracture a term from thet Time fail nil the ma- ma from the shafts but both There In in the wood but Mr Is of tIme opinion LImit too was put upon by 4 they geve hem a whirl to start This mad to be domme before the motor rork Major and other era of tho signal corps ivero too too- dia- dia tonight to of the accident ui knowledge of lies ott FLYING FLYN MACHINE t 1 I KILLS lOLLS AND INJURES Continue I Fro Irom i InAr Our One ht know Ire does n not that hI his Is a wreck excePt tho o ng repair parallel phin planes lie He is n Until ot or u the death 0 o or Sel of or the Iho h Wright Bright can tell the ho cau cause catastrophe pre Prez s they will not e t x- x f an opinion T i It IH IM lie hc reported thc that told the he C JJ bearers learer dl dm did n not know that ho he hoto to drop Or lie He What hat caused C tho p Vu tell felt the thc know knew machine Jump jumi oft the something motor was as wrong and shut rt dirt downward n Then the ship turned turne and anti plunged ed to tho UIO earth carth lle 11 t Comfortably ley I At midnight Dr Howard IIo JI II So 8 flat Bai ey who has been It in chu charge e of ot th the tho hospital In the thc absence of ot Major Win Inter In ter ai said Air Mr Mr Wright right In I resting nd ao 80 o far tar a as determinate comfortably evidence there Is Ig ni no of ot Internal Injuries His wounds may be tJ described sin Uti a fracture of ture turp the ribs upon the thc right side ido n a frac Crue- rae of or tho tio Jr left thigh and several SOVera scalp wounds The Tho danger In this case caso 18 IB tho result t of or the shock In the thc case of ot Lieutenant S there thero wn waa no chance chanco for Cor him from th tho first lb He suffered d a severe evero contusion of or the brain upon tho the left side aide Thorn Them were terrible hemorrhages As eoon soon a as wo wore Informed of tho accident men were hurried to the tho scene with stretch stretch- ers and in iii the tho shortest possible time both wore were receiving tho the best besl possible I attention But as ne I havo have ald Faill Lieu Lieu- tenant case was hopeless front from the thc beginning and he died without without without with with- out regaining consciousness at ten minutes after eight Ml rd Angle The fhe catastrophe was undoubtedly du duo to a miscalculation as us to tu the thc anglo of or Inclination at nt which Wright Intended to descend lie was handling tho the propellers pro pro- I I which wore Installed yesterday when ono of ot them then broke Wright Instantly inStantly In In- In saw the thc danger to himself elt and who was sitting upon the right hand side In order ordel to descend In In the regulation way Wright figured out the thc angle anble in a n moment but ho lie made It too near tho the perpendicular and no effort to elevate the machine would bo be successful On the contrary the machine machino ma- ma chino chine dipped more moro and more to the thc perpendicular and gravity was acting quickly and steadily nil all the brief moments moments mo mu- ments from the thc breaking of or the propeller pro pro- peller till tho tito men and tho the machine struck the earth arth A bird would in instantaneously In- In know how to rectify Its flight ht even oven If IC descending perpendicularlY perpendicularly but the art of or aviation has lis not progressed that far tar as yet et A it groat m many ny of those who viewed the thc wreck carried off ort little Pieces of ur urIt It as au souvenirs sou One Ono man had ti n sou sou souvenir venir en II on a n street car In the tile city Ity to to- to nl night ht It wa was a bit hit of ot the plane saturated saturated satur satur- sLed in Lieutenants Lieutenant's blood Tell of Accident If Dayton 0 O. Sept ept 17 Lorin H.-Lorin and Catherine Cath Cath- Cathi i erine citina Wright brother and sister of or the I Injured aviator wore were almost almust prostrated b by tho news flows of or the accident I U Il v v. v Wright the thC aged age utter f r of or the tho family is In Greens Fork and will not be told of or tho the mishap until tomorrow morning I Wright rl ht said The propellers of or white while spruce are arc I of or tho the same sarno pattern and material us as asha I Iha ha hail been used during all the experiments ments of ur the tho last two years They are arc four Our inches thick at ut tho the shaft and taper I Ito to the tile end cud where they are arc covered with I canvas Orville Orvillo Is using usina a motor of f tim tho same lame horsepower as heretofore ana anaI I Illin um unable to account for tor the tho accident accident acci acci- dent as ns no trouble of or this kind has ever occurred before This is tho the first time any part of the machines have broken broleen in the thc air during tho lie whole hole series of or experiments extending over ocr nearly five years ears to future flights Lorin said This accident will make absolutely no lit difference to either cither Orville or Wit WIl- f l hul ur us as t they c will continue the flights until the tho machines aro perfected re regardless re- re of or such incidents or until a 11 fa fatal tat plunge pI occurs S. S ay I ti I. Tho machine Is Js now cn entirely practical m mechanically and nud tho only Important Import import- ant nt In Is still In II list Its control which Will only como with o. o has of ot aluminum propellers Tho The O uso been considered by lIy my lay brothers and I forthe for tor substituted will win bo tiesO probably tho the spruce In the tho future A committee of or forty business mem tana tho the mayor today tolla to was us appointed by y accept funds ant and work In t conjunction the committee from rom with a similar In preparing 0 of or ora ofa Chamber er o of Commerce reception for ur the aviators a monster when they return Clinic Caine Krom roni Sept I 1 j Lieutenant ton Washington ot ur tho son soil a l F. F JO was waif Thomas of tho the lIu Hugh h O. O o late Admiral In California February Fob Fob- born nav navy and was from Los 8 8 1 S lie graduated ra be prepared I IS school to lo Ii High h Angeles academy Ho Ito was appointed ap ap- ap- ap S for tor thc lie military August at West Vest Point pointed a cadet commissioned 30 10 In 1903 he be and anti was detailed to First ond lieutenant second field artillery 1 battery atter California of or his mechanical knowledge e Because aeronautics ho was de detached do- do und and liking for assigned and the artillery from months for tor cl eight ht to tho the signal corps experiments aeronautical for tor ho made a dozen ascensions This spring In the aeroplane June Bu Bug built bunt stone Curtiss Inventor of or the thc motor moor motor mo mo- by Glen Hammondsport N. N Y V tor or engine at turned over After Captain Bal Baldwin balloon to the tie signal corps his dirigible Self ridge I t Meyer Lieutenant i. i ade eight ascensions made Lieutenant Is ono Although newest additions to tu tho the signal C of tho the considered ono one of ot tho the t |