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Show TWO AVIATORS FALL 80 FEET! Lieutenants Lose Control of Aeroplane and Drop to Instant Death. San Diego, ''al. N'ov. 2i Lieuts Eric L Ellington and Hugh M Kellj of the first division army of aviation dropped about eighty feet from an aeroplane this morning to instant death. Louisville. K , Nov 24. Ueuten ant Hugh M Kelly killed In an aero plane accident today, was a native o! Kentucky He had been command ant at the State universii He was a son of Colonel R M Kellv. who was well known for many years a? editor of the Ixulsville Com mercial No reason for the accident was dis Covered, although a careful examination examina-tion of the aeroplane was made The machine was shattered but the officers offi-cers examlnlnR It reported all controls con-trols in faultier condition. Captain A. C Cowan, commanding the post, was among the eye witnesses of the accident The were trving out a new six cylinder ma nine." he said, and they were between Su and Inn fP(t from the ground when they lost control "Tho machine was a new one. and Kelly wos not familiar with It. Ellins ton went as Instructor with Kelly as pupil The machine had a dual con fro) which enables either occupant to control It at will The controls were connected together, enabling the Instructor In-structor to correct instantly any mis take made by the pupil "Lieutenant Ellington and Kelly-rose Kelly-rose at 7 S3 a in . and sailed around the field for about five minutes Of course they were making no attempts ,ii sensational work They fell at a place about one mile from the headquarter's lent, toward Point Loma. The land slopes down ward toward the beach and Is so low we could not see the machine strike ' It seemed as though the machine began its descent in a proper manner, man-ner, at the usual ancle. Then It appeared ap-peared out of control The altitude w iis so low we Telt that the officers would have only a rough fall. "A careful inspection of the wrecked aeroplane convinced us that the con trols were in good order The men were killed iustantly 60 we have no evidence of any sort on which to account ac-count for the accident."' Washington, D C . Nov 24 The deaths of Lieutenants Ellington and Kelly made a total of fifteen fatalities fa-talities from aviation in the government govern-ment service twelve In the arm;, and one In the navv. and two army Instructors who were civilians, hince experiments first began at Fort Mver in 1908 Seven have met death this year. Both aviators were single. Lieu tenant Ellington was bom In North Carolina In 188!) and his next of kin is a brother, J O. Ellington, of Ral eiph N C He was detailed to the aviation service In September. 1312 and has seen service ou aviation fields at Murblehead. Mass., College Park. Md , Palm Beach, Fla , and Texas City He went to San Diego last June. Lieutenant Kelly was born In March vv ) Hp was detailed to the aero nautics division last March and has been at Texas City and San Diego |