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Show AVIATOR BUD MARS RECEIVES FATAL INJURIES BY FALL KRIE, Pa.. July 1-1. J. C. ("Bud") Mars, tho well known American aviator avia-tor who probably wag fatally Injured here this morning when ho lost control con-trol of his machine in a flight and r-rashed irom a height of several hundred feet to the ground. The heavy biplane dropped on top of him. His Injuries are of such a nature, it 1s said, that there Is practically no hope of his recovery. The aviator's wife witnessed tho accident ac-cident and tonight her condition is Berious, due to the shock; Mars had made ono successful flight early In the afternoon, He was In the air for tho second time whon tho accident occurred Several thou-sand thou-sand spectators were watching him. Ho circled the field several times at a height of several hundred foot. Suddenly the machine made the dip downward and Mars wns seen to Jerk at something in an effort to re-gain re-gain control, it was a futile attempt, however, and an instant later tho biplane bi-plane struck tho ground. Tho machine was completely wrecked and Mars lay undor it. He was covered with blood and' at first It was bolloved ho was dead Ho was carried to an improvised field honpl-tal honpl-tal and then rushed to a city hospital. Tonight a statement was issued that the aviator's chest jvas badly injured; thnt ho hud sustained concussion of the brain, and suffered Internal Injuries, In-juries, while he Is .also bruised tram head to foot, r i t, , Tho aviation mcctiherc wua given under tho auspices of a newspaper After his first -flight Mars- fixed ber-eral ber-eral Jovors om the machlno. He started the 'socond flight a few minutes min-utes before 5 o'clock. Ho had not boon in the air long when for some reason he started to descend. Tho machine rocked badly for a time and then shot downward with terrific velocity. ve-locity. ' The amazed spectators stood still for a momont. Then thore was a scream and Mrs. Mars rushed toward the wrecked machine.' Before, sho, -( - y '""mssb aiiiiiiH reached her husband's side, she was overcome and carried from the field Has Many Reoords to Credit. NEW YORK. July 11. J. c. Mars has many daring Teats to his credit, nnd In one point his record Is unique. He Is the first Amprican aviator, if not the only ono of any nationality, to havo made what was practlcallv a globe encircling tonrl Ma.rs left San Francisco in December Decem-ber and returned o'Xcw York last month laden with 'trophies and a log book of more than 250 successful flights In the orient. If Mars' accident at Erie today tor-inates tor-inates in his death, his will be tho seventy-fifth life known to have been lost by aviation accidents since the first was recorded in th,e death of Lieut Thomas E. Sclfrldge; September Septem-ber 1, 1908 |
