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VICTORIA [[?DAILY]]

DEATH
THROWN FROM MOTOR ON THE ROCK BAY BRIDGE
Driver Foster Stops Skidding Machine and Saves Lives of Both Marvellously

Fire Chief Davis had a near view of the other world this morning while making for a fire which had broken out in a dwelling house at 202 Jessie Street, VIctoria West. The chief, while capable of very graphic descriptions of most of his experiences, is somewhat diffident in regard to this latest stunt. Beyond stating his realisation of the proximity in which he stood, or rather lay, to the portal of the eternal chamber he has nothing very definite to add to the world's acknowledged data in regard to the location and environment of the sublunar area.

It occurred in this way.  The fire alarm was rung in about 8 o'clock and he, accompanied by the relief driver Foster, set out for the scene in the dinky little machine which has become emblematic of his person.  The route to the fire lay across Rock Bay bridge, which, by the way, bears an official legend forbidding absolutely the passage of motor vehicles. Turning on to the bridge at 35 miles an hour the machine skidded, throwing the steering gear out of balance.  Like a flash it turned and made for the parapet full tilt.  It got there too, but through some agency the driver had contrived to apply the brakes ere he and the chief did an impromtu flight in response to the behest of gravity.  Had the motor swerved to the other side it is possible that the occupants, instead of landing on the bridge with a convincing thud, would have soared over the parapet into the water below and been drowned.

Even as it was they both had remarkable escapes.  The chief gathered himself together and rose to his feet expecting to meet St. Peter, but fortunately for the city which he so arduously serves he only found his driver, Foster.  After recognizing one another as former acquaintances they decided that they must be still alive.   
That resolution set the chief thinking.  He remembered that he had set out for a fire, so, acting as if nothing had happened, he proceeded to implement his original intention.  This desire was furthered by the presece of Delbert Harris [[?]] of the Michigan-Puget [[?Sound]] ber Company, who arrived at a [[?fortuitous]] moment in his car.

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AVIATION MEET TO OPEN ON TUESDAY
Fred J. Wiseman Arrives in the City To-morrow – What He Plans Doing

That Victoria at last is to be the scene of a genuine aviation performance is a source of gratification to many who have read of the achievements of the birdmen in different parts of the world without having had an opportunity to witness a flight.  Last year it was thought that one of America's manipulators of the heavier-than-air machine would be induced to make a visit to these parts, but, after the contract was signed and every arrangement apparently made, he met with an accident on the other side and was unable to fill the engagement.

Since then the science of aviation has progressed.  It is not considered so dangerous, although none the less wonderful, for a man to climb off the earth and cavort through the atmosphere with the ease, grace and steadiness of the swallow.  It is such performances that Fred J. Wiseman, the aviator who is coming to this city on Sunday to give exhibitions at the fair grounds next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, has been furnishing throughout the northwest.

It is not possible to give a detailed programme of each day's meet.  They have not been prepared, but an announcement will be made on Monday at the latest.  Mr. Wiseman, with his mechanical staff and his Curtiss-Farman-Wright biplane, has decided to come to the city further in advance of the date of his first appearance than is usual because the district is new to him.  He has heard considerable of Victoria and is anxious to spend at least a couple of days in the enjoyment of its beauties.  But there is another explanation of his action, and that is a natural anxiety to personally supervise the preparations for his initial flight.  He wants to have everything so arranged that, barring the most unusual and unlikely inclemency of weather, he will be able to step into his machine and move away from terra firma at the time stated without a hitch or tedious delay.

Considerable has been said already of what Mr. Wiseman intends showing Victorians in the way of aviation, but a general outline of what he proposes will not be out of place.  If the conditions are as ideal as they have been for several days past, it is within the bounds of possibility that he will attempt to achieve an altitude record.  Under ordinary circumstances, however, the greatest distance he will go will be 100 feet.  From that height he will glide towards the earth with the speed of the hawk, only to turn aside and begin climbing when it seems inevitable that he must succumb to the laws of gravitation.  He will wheel back and forward before the grand stand, now speeding and again slowing down, now turning toward the heavens and again pointing his machine towards his starting point.  In a word, he will prove that man has actually conquered the air, that the modern plane, in the hands of a capable man, is as delicately balanced as the wings of a bird, and that it is only a matter of time before man will be turning his new found knowledge into practical everyday use.

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