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Show AMATEUR i INJURED ! Falls Sixty Feet With an ' Aeroplane of His Own Make East St. Louis. Ill , Nov. S. Dr. John de Praslin, of St. Louis, a Nlca-raguan, Nlca-raguan, the first amateur aviator to , fly In a St. Luis-made aeroplane, J foil sixty feet with his craft ycter-duv ycter-duv afternoon in Washington Park and was seriously Injured. The crash occurred soon after de Praslin had started on a tst (light. With the powerful engine working at full speed, the biplane swiftly arose under good control. j When at its greatest height, sixty feet, tho planes of the craft suddenly stopped and the mnchlne came swooping swoop-ing down to the ground. It was de- j inollshcd |