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Show TWO MEN MEET DEATH IN AIRSHIP HORROR Victor I. Maion of Passaic, N. J., Takes Fatal Ride With Aviator Fliher. London, May 13. Victor L. Mason of Passaic, N. J., was Instantly killed at the Brookland flying gronnd thla evening in an aeroplane craBh which also proved fatal to the pilot. C. D, Fischer. Mason, who Is a clobu fiieirJ of Commander Samson, the naval nu man, who flew over the fleet At We.'-mouth We.'-mouth during tho king's liup'etlon viBltcd Brookland with Sauson, v. he at Mb request arranged for Mason's going as a passenger on a Howurt Flanders monoplane piloted by FUch er. The weather was still and clear ni 6 o'clock when tho monoplane stailrt with the two men. The mnchlns hi( made two circles of the grand 3tanJ nnd was descending. At a height ol 1.10 feet It teemed to sideslip nm nado n dive hcadfniemost to th tround. I. oth tho aviator and his po'.Bengc; were tin own out nnd killed Indtnutly After tho fall this petrol tank burst In to flames, scorching Mason's clothlnr but n crowd of helpers from tho jcic plane Bheds nnd motor track wen v Mmo to save tho bodies from Injur; by tho flames. Mason was 42 years old, n son c John Mason, and waB born In I'-ns"! ugtotf, D. C. Ho was privnto socrotar) j Secretary of War Ilussel A. Algt urlng tho Spanlsh-Amcrlcnn wcr nd was an Inttmnto friend ot PrcI- H lent Taft and former President Kuphc H vclt. Mr, Mason was a vice pros . H dent of Wio Development Company of . H |
