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din 15 fid lCOmpi'tlO nf Kin-ill!st» mmSudden Illness Said to Have Caused Him to Lose Control of GliderBAN .10815, Nov. 5—Heath mused liy iiifuvles .received in nn accident while operflllng nil acwplane was llic verdict l|f live corona's jury following the Inipirsl into tlm dentil nf the lulu Prut. .Tohn Montgomery oflie, who attended the dying nmn, ,i. O.eeffa-all any. I lieVieira, who was Wills Montgomery while eKiicriiiieiillng with the glider m Evergreen al llte tiini: nf the accl-ilent. and Holier! Mailgoiuer.v. brolli-of the dead man, were witnesses examined.AeenrdiUB Co their testimony, nn attack of venigo hrougist mi by excitement. and intense exertion was the cause of the scientist's death.Mnalgoimiry's brolher testified that lie was subject to attacks of vertigo especially if he looked down from » lieight.’ Vieira testified that Montgomery was in ilifi habit of assisting in putting Hie machine In the toil of ,t)ie inf line, hut on Tuesday ho was j unable to do so anti was barely .able 11 o walk (o tho I mi of the hill, lie was noticeably uormiis, and Viovra offered to make the flights Instead.hi describing Ilia, accident, Viei ra nabi that the glider loft tho runway on llte billion as usual ami wont smoothly fur about lfiO yards, when it struck a sudden gust of wind and became imnuiiiageulilu. He said the in'iilessor tost' his balance and fell backward. This movement tended to j niiike the fall more violent. It struck loti the right wing and turned a com-| pi do somersault. Tho machine was ■not more than twenty or twenty-five i feet off iho ground whoa the accldeniTho Star Theater, iho Mtntellve new playhouse nn Tenth street, rant Id not aeeonmmdnte the evnwds wliicdi simght mil ranee Inal evening to witness the moving picture iivmlticllon of 1 htnlo's In renin. Hundreds of people were inrited away from llte doors phii tlie seating cii)iacily wttliln was taxed lo the limit.And the crowds obtained Iheir money's worth. The pictures were a3 wieril anil interesting as otic couid imagine from rending the poem of Dante. They wove thrown on' lire screen clearly nnd without, a- mishapjjf,,thydlghlest,, SfjEt;,,^ „__~ Tins' siaV thciltev mftnn'gers are to ho congriitulnted on (lie production (if Inst evening. Tills sort of offering is of the kind that appeals to llte theater goers of this city and the theater is ooniuuiiiently having gnod houses at every show.WIVErive in San Francisco temporarily stopped his hacking. During this period he was experimenting with the electric cumin), and discovered the electric rectifier. 1L toolr noarly four years to perfect this machitie and get. it marketed. Hollowing Ihc bar gain for the sale of the rectifier, Montgomery was involved in long litigation with Ids former partners, and had mi opportunity to work on his aeroplane., Two mouths ago this suit ended in triumph for him, and lie immediately began the vceomstruciion of Ills aeroplane.I’laeo In History The piece assigned Montgomery in Iho history of aeronautic discovery is well 'told by Victor l.uuglieed, one of tho world's recognised authorities, in Ids book, Vehicles of the Air,” a work regarded as standard, l.-ougheed says: On April 20. 190, there was publicly performed a feat which nt competent and unprejudiced poison who investigates its details can fail to.10XEImo.occurred. ViiVra aiso testified that characterize as tlin greatest advance the glider cmihl vise and descend I in the history of aorlal navigation;k! again at the will of the operator. ! Alm-.it fifty flights hud been made, ill jail, and except the last had been suc-iocssflll.Prof. Montgomery was fill years old ami a native of Ytlha City, Cal, He-Dtonvisit:Mrs.yestiwintinniiSumshnjSTBFur mi this dny there ascended from the ccliose gi omuls at Santa Clara, in the presence of thousands of spee-ialors. nn ordinary heated air balloon, lo which was attached, not a imvn-chule. hut a 4; ponnil gilder designed shies his mother. who is yil years or by Professor Montgomery mu! montil-age, ho leaves two Urol hers, dames ml by an intrepid parachute jumper.I\ ami iilc-hurd iT„ Hirer sisters. Mary j Daniel Maloney.S., Margaret II.. and .lauo 15. Mont- “At a height of about 4000 feet the .....gomory. lie also leaves a bride or a aeroplane was cut loose from the dal-vrar iunn and commenced In glide, under |tic was first r.Uraelcd to aeronau-1 tlie must absolute cotilrid iinagiaphle. Heal problems as a buy in 1SG0. but! In the ground, in the course of the' A iThi' Icon i was out is i llm•nnMr. lit was not 'until 1SS3 tliat lie bnill his llaii-! first machine, a flopping wing coiitri-ilcscenl I he most extraordinary and complex maneuvers were accomplish-and i vance that prnv-d so unsuccessful jcd-splrat end circling turns beingexecuted with an ease and grace almost beyond description, level travel accomplished with the wind and against it. figure rigid evolutions1eh: i. IS ' 'f; Hint Mnnlgunierr abandoned the nm-tlielvjchine and the idea upon which il was alou | built. Coing haul; to firsl principles.I in 1SSI he built three gliders, from , . new j the first of which a glide of lt;W feet j performed without difflnilty and Iiaiv;iH I out : was ohiuined. and the lining proper- j raising dives wore terminated by ah- • andy .lies or curved SiHfaecs denumslealed. | nipt cheeking; of the movement by:- ear I Montgomery gut the idea of curving: changing the angles or the wills sur-jth hold-jibe surfaces from noting the flight i fares. Ai times the speed, us esti-1 roll of seagulls on Sun Francisco hay. ! ir.nled by eye witnesses was move Ilian ;j From his second glider the wunl-j'ts miles an hour, anil yet after n' if y in- 1st proved (lie futility «f Hat wing j I light if apvoslniaicly eight miles in y, laccr-' surfaces, and in his third one lateral J 2 minutes the uicehlne was brought Vr pain- equilibrium war. maintained hy wings [to vest upon n previously designated i piloted ns in Hie latest Antoinelle jspnl. tbree-lt;iwirtcrs of a mile from! machines. . i where She balloon lias been released, jStan-- luienls Elfetrie Heeliflei’ ;so Hgliliy Hml the aviator was not;I eon-: Early In HMifi lie again ix’gnn the'even jarred, despite the fuel Hml he-I:,llii a | const met hm of a. machine, and was «as compelled In laud on ids feel. 1 | ready to begin experiments, when tlie ■ mil on a special alighting goal'.' -r
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Modesto News
Modesto, California, US
Fri, Nov 03, 1911
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