Monday, June 24, 2013

Airman Dies In Lake Keuka.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 24, 1913:
Fred F. Gardiner Drowns When His Aeroplane Capsizes Over Water.
Special to The New York Times.
    BATH, N.Y., June 23.— An aeroplane which Fred F. Gardiner was operating over Lake Keuka turned turtle at an altitude of 100 feet this afternoon, and Gardiner was drowned. His body has not been recovered.
    Gardiner, who was 24 years old and a resident of Hannastown, Penn., had been engaged in aeronautics at the lake for the last six weeks. In making a turn to-day he brought the aeroplane around at too sharp an angle, and it turned over. Gardiner struck the water under the wreckage of the machine, and nothing more was seen of him. A flying boat hurried to the spot, and Francis Wildman and C. C. Witner dived to the bottom of the lake several times in search of the body.

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