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Show GENERAL HOME IIIBI FALL FORT WORTH, Texas, March 3. General C. C. Hoare, supreme commander com-mander of the entire British royal flying fly-ing corps in Canada and tho United States, narrowly escaped death, but was injured severely about tho face and head, in a forced landing at Hicks aviation field here several days ago, it became known tonight. Aviation authorities until today wore successful in keeping the information infor-mation from becoming known outaido restricted military circles. Offlcers at Hicks field frankly admitted a forced landing, but declined to furnish details. de-tails. However, it was learned that the most serious Injuries sustained by tho flying corps commander wore about the nose, mouth and cheeks, which are roportod to havo been badly lacerated and bruised. General Hoaro is a pilot and it Is understood ho was driving the piano which was forced to land on account of engine trouble. j Ono dead and thrco seriously Injured is Sunday's toll of the spinning nose dive at aviation fields near Fort Worth. All tho victims are members of tho British, royal flying corps. The dead: Mechanic W. A. Hayes. The Injured: Lieutenant Bate, Lieut Frank Flynn, Cadet Flyer E. A. Carroll. Addresses of the men could not bo learned tonight. Hayes and Lieutenant Bato wero riding in tho same jnachino, with Bate in the pilot's seat, when tho piano crashed 400 feet. This accident occurred oc-curred at Hioka field. Hayes died an hour later. Bate sustained a fractured leg and internal injuries from which it Is feared ho cannot recovor. Lieutenant Flynn and Cadet Carroll also wore in one machine. Carroll was being instructed by the officer. 1 This piano was wrecked at Ben- brook Flynn's head was crushed. His remarkable vitality in surviving so long is considered unusual by hospital authorities. Carroll received a fractured frac-tured jaw, a broken knee, a broken hip' and internal Injuries. SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 3. Flying an aggregate distance of 35,000 miles in seventy-two hours, aviation cadets at the Rockwell field, North island flying school, have broken all records for American aviation training mileage since last Friday morning, it was announced an-nounced tonight. Tho number of machines ma-chines used may not be divulged, but the mileage was attained without the breaking of a single wing section or strut. For tho first time hore, Sunday flying fly-ing was permitted today. |