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Show LIEUT. KIRBY MEETS INSTANT DEATHIN UTAH SALT LAKE CITY, Oct 15 Lleuten-, Lleuten-, nnt Frank French Kirby, pilot, nnd Lic it I Stanley C Miller observer, of airplane No 44, in their tr nncontlnontal air derby, were killed at Castle Rock, Utah, late today when their plane, traveling westward; fell n distance, of approximately approxi-mately two hundred feet. Lieut. Klrhy was killed instantly, according ac-cording to the manager of the EUgby ranch at Castle Rock, where the accl-I accl-I dent happened Lieut. Miller died about 6:40 tonlpht According In Ihe mnnacrr n( Iho Pit,1,,, I ranch, the machine was fllnn hiKh when the rnfrlne was heard to stop and Klrhy was seen to float downward, Suddenly, when about 200 feet in tho air. the machine hanked aharply .ind dived straight for the ground I,ieu Kirhy was dead when ranch hands reached the machine. Lieut. Miller was alive and medical assistance wa.s sent for but he expired before physicians could arrive from cither Castlo Rock or L anston. Wyo The manager of the p.ifrhy ranch over the long distance telephone, tonight ?aid that he had no Idea how the accident occurred There wae no wind at tho time, he said. Lieutenant Kirby apparently was killed instantly. Lieutenant Miller died two hours later. Arrancements were beinr made to-Dighl to-Dighl to -hip the bodies to Evanston. Wyo., there to await directions f-om relatives as to further disposition , Lieutenant Kirby is survived by a widow at Garden City, Long Island, and Lieutenant Miller's relatives are said to live .ii Mountalnsvtlle, Pa. Four of the racers arrived In :his City todax, one, Lieut B. W. Mayntrd, ,i i bound, and three, LleutenmU S. w Torney, No. 3S; J. H kouiett, No and Fred Nelson, No 6. westbound 1 Lieutenant Roulctt, No. 38, remained, at Uucna Vista field foi the night, v.hlle Lieutenants Torney and Nelson proceeded to Salduro where they will remain overnighL Five other westbound contestants are at Green River and Rawlins. Wyo . nnd are expected to reach this control -mm tini' tomorrow. Interest here today centered In the return flight of Lieutenant Maynaid, and many visitors were at Buena Vista Held to wish him luck on his flight to dlneola Lieutenant Roui tt landed in. "I i mmmm mmmm wm llho ronc fir-Id today but quit kl Leal in 'I of his error and made hia way to the proper field. Kirby May Have Fainted. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct 15 The airplane in which Lieuts. Freneh Kirby Kir-by ind S. C. Miller were killed near Castle Rock. Utah, toda was gone over thoroughly last night and tested today by Lieut. Kirby before he left at 10: 22 this morning for Rawlins. AjvlatiOD field officers are of the opinion that Kirby fainted and his body might have fallen In such a way ihat Lieut Miller could not control the machine. Lieut. Miller was not an aviator. |
