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Show AVIATOU ELY FALLS I TO DEATH AT MACON I i Macon, Clu... Oct. 11). Kukciio Kly, ivlau . mil tlcaih at the stale fair giouuds this afternoon when his machine ma-chine fnlled to rlsajrom a sensational dip and plunged with him 50 feet to the ground. Ho fell in the field of the race track, after almost clearing the machine by a desperate leap when he icallzed his peril. Uoncs were broken brok-en In a score of places. Kly died a few minutes later, in gaining consciousness just before the end long enough to mutter: ., "f lost contsol I know I am going to die."- Kly made a flight this morning, as , rending 3,100 feet. At 216 o'eloik lie begun his sec-cud sec-cud flight, rlblng gracefully fiom the Hack Inclosnro, which ho clrolcd at the rate of ill) nillos an hour. As lie was completing llm circuit ho inndo n dip. seemingly staitled the tlious auds bcncndi 111 ni. The machine shot down wlih tre-uiendoiib tre-uiendoiib eloclty mid the crowd up-plnud(d. up-plnud(d. thinking the aviator would rise, as he had done many times before. be-fore. Hut Ely seemed to lose his grip on the lever and the machine continued Us downward plunge. He attempted to use from his seat. Losing the lever altogether, he half Jumped, barely clearing the aeroplane as It crashed to the ground. The ma chine was demolished and Lly struck with teulflc force. He died shortly after renching the hospital. Kly, a native of lown, left his wlfo in New York two weeks ago to come to Macon to give a series of flights for the state fair. He had been giving bpcclncular flights hero for eight dajs, i;oing up on one occasion In a rain-form. rain-form. Today Kly offered to make a flight ny ntgnt. painting tils crait with pnos-' pnos-' phorus, "so as to startle the natives," the told the fair directors. I The offer was declined because he I wanted $1,000. Before making his hsceut this af-! af-! Union. Kly told his attendants ho 'feaied something would happen. Kly was the first mail to alight on the deck of a warship with nn ero piano. During the aviation meet in San Mateo county, California, Kly In a biplane flew from the aviation camp to S.in Francisco, nbotit 20 miles, nnd alighted on the deck of tho cruiser Pennsylvania anchored In Sail Francisco Fran-cisco bay. After holding a reception on board the warship Kly flew from the vessel back to tho aviation camp. I'rcvloiiH to this tltno Kly had made a flight from the deck of a warship anchored In Chesapeake hay. Although he struck the water as he left the ship ho managed to reach shore. Kly formerly was engaged as an automobile automo-bile salesman In San Francisco. He became prominent as an 'aviator about two years ago. |