Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-15 | Page 3 | Tragic Forestaste of War

00 ' TRAGIC FORETASTE OF WAR. NEW YORK, Oct. 14' Soldiers at Camp Mills, Long Island, received a tragic foretaste of war today Avhen a machine gun attached to an airplane in flight accidentally Avent off. sending bullets Into a sanitary corps. One soldier sol-dier Avns fatally wounded, and Iavo others oth-ers Avere hurt seriously. The air machine, a biplane, Avas re- m turning from target practice over the w Atlantic ocean. It Avas- passing over H the camp at a height of several thou- sand feet Avhen the machine gun Avent R off. The identity of the men in. the bi- w plane Avas not disclosed by the Camp Mills authorities, Avho ordered an in- vestigation. " y IH Tho bullets rained down upon Uip I soldiers and riddled one of the camp fire houses.' Men escaped death only R narrowly, bullets passing through their jj uinforms. The airplane Ocav off in tho direc- u VM tiqn of Westbury, Long Island, the avl- I ators apparently not being aware of the damage inflicted by their machine. 5 00 J When you miss the limited express by only three seconds it might just I as avoII be a local freight. 5