FRENCH AERIAL DISASTER.

Evening Star, Issue 14573, 23 May 1911, Page 6

FRENCH AERIAL DISASTER.

* DEATH OF THE WAR MINISTER. ROW IT OCCURRED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS. -May 22. There, were many thousands of jxsople at the Issy aerodrome* wheu the disaster took place. .After several aeroplanes had started many of the spectators invaded the course. A squadron of cuirassiers were ordered to clear the ground, and they galloped from the grand stand towards the crowd Ivaind an aviator named Train, who was circling t-j tho ground /y:me distance behind the Ministers, who were walking to the grand stand. Train was adjusting his halanqc to descend, as the machine was 'iot v.ciking satisfactorily. He endeavored t) sieer round the cuirassiers. The Minister of War (M. iJeriennxl, noticing the, coming mishap, ia-,'l witn h;s arm upraised, and gave a warning to hts colleagues. The steel monnoplane flashed like a scythe into :Jie scattered grou;>. and witnesses saw the motor strike M. Beteaux. The propeller blades struck the Premier (M. Monis) on the face and down the body. The crowd were horrdied. aiid nrshed for the gates, wheie sixty people were injured in the crush .it the •• \■ t•At the Premier's instauc. ihe race will be resumed to-day. .'•'. M.-.mis is in less pain internally, but : ir d"cim's have injected an anti-tetanus swum as a prei ,t'ilion. •THE TIMES'S' COMMENT. LONDON. May 22. * The Times,' commenting on the disaster, says that this awful object-lesson suggests that it is the urgent duty of the Home Office to confer with the Commissioner of Police and. if necessary, advise the passing of a short Hill to control aviation during the Coronation period. THE POLITICAL EFFECT. LONDON, May 22. Renter's Paris correspondent advises that M. Monis's presence in Parliament is considered indispensable, especially in connection with electoral reform. Some Ministers share the impression that the Cabinet must resign. 'Tho Times' says that M. Monis has admitted that his position was largely due to M. Jaures's (the Socialist leaden approval. M. lierteaux was his right-hand man. and wa,s instrumental in retaining the Socialist suppoit for him. The loss of M. Rerteaux will be doubly felt owing to the, present situation in Morocco. M. Berteaux could persuade the Socialists to condone, if not accept, a policy which they would possibly be less ready to ne cept if presented by others. MR FISHER'S MESSAGE. LONDON, May 22. (Received May 23, at 9.30 a.m.) Mr Fisher telegraphed M. Monis his profound sorrow over .AI. Perteanx'sdeath, and his condolences with the relativesHe hopes M. Monis will have a speedy reco\erv. PARIS. May 22. M. Monis's condition is satisfactory. DISTRESSING LOSSES RECALLED. LONDON. May 22. (Received May 23, at 8.5 a.m.) Tho 'Daily Mail' and 'Daily Telegraph ' recall Mr Huskisson's death at the opening of tho Manchester and Liverpool Railway in 1850, and the six deaths in the Paris-Madrid Motor Race on May 24, 1903. THE RACE GOES OX. PARIS. May 22. ißtceivcd May 23. at, 12.17 p.m.) Garros, who is competing in the ParisMadrid flight, covered 281 miles in 227 minutes, which is a record. ACCIDENT IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG. May 22. (Received May 23, at 9.20 a.m.) An aeroplane fell among a crowd of spectators at- Kursk, injuring many. It is feared that rive will succumb.