2 September 1913

RUTLAND, Vt., Sept. 2, 1913 -- In the fall of an aeroplane at the fair grounds today, George Schmitt, an aviator, was fatally hurt, and J. Dyer Spellman, Assistant Judge of the Municipal Court, received burns which may cause his death. Spellman ascended as a passenger with Schmitt. They were 200 feet above the fair grounds when spectators saw the aeroplane stop, turn and fall. Schmitt was crushed under the heavy radiator, suffering fractures of the skull and hip. Spellman's clothing caught fire he was badly burned. Schmitt was twenty-three years old.