Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. AVIATOR FALLS NINETY FEET Engine of Biplane Suddenly Stops and Machine Drops to the Earth, Fatally Injuring Captain Bumbaugh. North Manchester, Sept. 27. —Captain Bumbaugh. an Indianapolis aviator, who was flying with a biplane at the North Manchester fair this week, was fatally Injured when he fell ninety feet to the ground and was picked up unconscious. Bumbaugh was making his second flight of the week, and when his machine reached a height of about 100 feet the engine suddenly stopped and then craahed to the ground. Before the machine had fallen twenty feet Bumbaugh tumbled from his seat and struck the ground several feet from his biplane, which was completely wrecked.