New York Times 100 years ago today, August 11, 1913:
Masson Lands in Range After a Breakdown Over Empalme.
NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 10.— An unexpected bombardment of Empalme was occasioned early to-day by an accident to Didier Masson's aeroplane. The engine suddenly stopped when the aviator was flying over Guaymas Harbor. Masson volplaned to shore, landing in the Mexican section of the American railroad settlement
The French aviator was caught on land within reach of the Federal cannon for the first time since he began dropping bombs around the gunboats Guerrero and Tampico. For an hour and a half shrapnel was scattered over Empalme, the gunboats being joined by the Federal shore batteries. The general offices of the Southern Pacific Railway of Mexico, other railroad property, and many private buildings were damaged.
All non-combatants fled to the hills. Masson was believed to-night to have escaped, and no foreigners were reported injured in official advices received from Empalme.
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