AVIATOR KILLED.
FALLS 100 FEET. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Rec. September 3, 5.5 p.m.) New York, September 2. At Norton, in Kansas, an aviator named Frisbie fell a hundred feet whilo giving an exhibition flight. The motor pinned him to tho ground, crushing bis left side. He died in a few minutos. Ho fell forty feet on the previous day, but was unhurt. (Rec. September 4, 0.15 a.m.) New York, September 3. Frisbio was driven to attempt tho fatal flight by tho jeers of tho spectators, who called him a fakir and a fraud. Frisbio before tho flight declared thai' ho thought tho machino would not stand it.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1223, 4 September 1911, Page 5
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108AVIATOR KILLED. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1223, 4 September 1911, Page 5
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