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Show Misunderstanding in Signals Results in Wreck Near Hot Springs The dobut In Ogden yesterday afternoon after-noon of an airplane flown from Salt Lake by F. II. Olds and A. G. Nelson ended abruptly In a field near tho Uah Hot Springs when in landing the machine ran Into a ditch and smashed tho running gear and propellor. Tho machine Is owned by tho Utah Air-piano Air-piano company, which was formed recently re-cently in Salt Lake. The plane came to Ogden for the purpone of making flights with passengers. Tho occupants occu-pants of the machine escaped without with-out Injury. Evidently due to a misunderstanding of signals, tho machine landed easily on the flying field to the rear of the resort building but continued Its courso across the alkali flat and stopped head-on in a ditch some hundred yards further. The propeller was shattered and some of the landing gear smashed. It was decided to dismantle the plane and ship it back to Salt Lake as tho motor was In need of Its regular ovcrT hauling. The aviators promised to come back in the near future with a new machine expected to arrive this week. Thrt trin in tnn ftnrtiss Oriole, the I property of the Utah Airplane com-1 com-1 pany, was made from Salt Lake in forty minutes in the face of a strong wind. According. to. tho pilot, it was un-I un-I derstobd that tho large T on tho field should bo pointing In the face of tho wind. Flying high over the city they located the field and descended just over a line of telephone wires. Tho strong breeze on the ground carried i the machine farther than expected. Tho damage done, he said, was trifling. trif-ling. The wings and fuselage were not Injured. nn |