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NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBERAMERICAN AVIATOR FEU 125 FEETJohn B. Moisant Not Injured—Accident Result of His Own Carelessness—New Bleriot Monoplane a Total Wreck at Belmont Park.New York, Oct. 19.—The heedlessnessof a moment cams near being- thedeath today of John B. Moisant, theAmerican aviator, who iirst hew witha passenger across the channel from Paris ‘to New London, while he was trying out his new Bleriot monoplane at Belmont park. He fell 125 feet and wrecked his machine beyond repair, but picked himself out of the dust unhurt and was just about to fly a mile to his anxious wife in another monoplane when she rushed onto the field in an .automobile.Are you hurt?” she stammered. ^“Why! no: nobody ever gets hurtflying,” answered Moisant. “The accident was my own fault for removing my feet from the rudder to regulate the oil feed.”Accident Result of Overconfidence.Moisant had just made two brilliant turns of the mile and a quarter track when he took his spill. A puff of wind | struck the tail of his monoplane and swung it to one side. The aviator quickly righted himself and then, in overconfidence, lifted his feet from the rudder to tinker with the oil feeder to his machine. Instantly the monoplane swooped sideways like a bird winged by the fowler, dropped 125 feet to theground, struck on its right wing- and turned completely over. Nobody who saw the fall thought for a .moment, that Moisant would ever be taken out of the wreck alive; but an it happened the uninjured left wing broke his fall and he slid easily from his seat.Brand . New Bleriot Wrecked.The damaged monoplane was a brand new Bleriot for one-passenger only and had been bought by Moisant especially for the international meet here in which he is entered. lie still Iras the two-seat monoplane in which he flew from Paris to London, however, and will use it in all events in which he competes.Hamilton’s Freak Biplane in CrashWith Monoplane.New York, Oct. 19.—Charles K. Hamilton’s freak 110 horse power biplane, on the ground in readiness for a flight, was partly wrecked this afternoon in a crash with Dr. H. W. Waldron's monoplane. G. M. Dyott, Waldron’s partner, who was driving v;he monoplane, lost control of his craft and crashed into the stationary biplane, which was surrounded by a crowd of spectators. No one was hurt. The Hamilton machine will be repaired in time for the meet.JEWETT CITY• .Baptist Mission Circle Meets—Mrs. D. J. Champlin Sells Real Estate—Damage frolt;rt Grass Fire.i held their meeting in Pythian hall on Tuesday. There wad a large attendance to hear the reports of the delegates who attended the session of the grand lodge in New Haven Tuesday. On account of Tuesday being aholi-
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Norwich bulletin
Norwich, Connecticut, US
Thu, Oct 20, 1910
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