Airman-Inventor Drowned.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 24, 1913:
Was Trying Machine in Which He Projected Transatlantic Flight.
    LONDON, June 23,— An aviator named Fairbairns was drowned off Shoeburyness this evening. He had flown from Brooklands, experimenting with a new type of machine, with which he projected a transatlantic flight in July.
    Fairbairns fell into the sea from a height of 1,000 feet and sank before a friend who was cruising in the vicinity was able to rescue him.
    The machine, which was of 350 horse power, was completely inclosed and was provided with a glass conning tower.