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El descraciado aviador "Tod" Shriver al pisar la tierra puertorriqueña, lleno de alegrias y esperanzas. The unfortunate aviator, "Tod" Shriver, upon landing on the Perto Rico land, filled with happiness and hope. |
"Tod" Shriver visitando en unión de sus compañeros, los talleres de "Puerto Rico Illustrado", antes de marchar á Ponce "Tod" Shriver visiting with his companions, in the offices of "Puerto Rico Illustrated", before going to Ponce. |
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Collection of Mary Castro, 2-20-04 |
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The poor devil Shriver flying in the Hipodromo, moments before dying From unidentified newsclipping, 1910 Collection of Mary Castro, 2-20-04 |
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The sad news reached his sisters here Sunday afternoon who were almost distaracted with grief. Tod Corwin Shriver was born in Manchester, in 1873, and after receiving his schooling here entered this office and learned the art of printing under J. A. Perry and was foreman of the same when the present editor entered, then a kid, in 1895. He is the son of the late Capt. D. R. Shriver and is well known by many of our citizens. Since the invention of the aeroplane in 1906-'07, he has been with Glenn Curtiss, the great sky pilot, but the last two years has been associated with Capt. Thos. Baldwin. Last year he toured the Old Country, Australia, China and Japan with success. He was home in September of this year, having stopped off to pay his sisters a visit after having made several flights at the Stpingfield, O., fair. He has been married two years and has resided the last six years in New York City. The body will be shipped to Manchester for burial but owing to the distance will not reach here for several days yet. The family have the symnpathy of all in their loss. Collection of Mary Castro, 2-20-04 |
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"Tod" Schriver. the spectacular aeroplanist who made flights in Springfield last August during the
Clark County Fair, is shown above. This picture was taken by the art department of the Daily News just as Mr. Schriver was
ready to make one of his flights last summer. He was killed Saturday while flying over the city of Ponce, Porto Rico. Collection of Mary Castro, 2-20-04 |
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Popular Aviator Making Flights at Local Fair, Killed Saturday in Porto Rico. Schriver was in Springfield during the week of the local fair last August. He made numerous flights over the fairgrounds even flying over portions of the city. Mr. Schriver, although under contract for only a certain number of flights, agreed to perform here for an extra flight on the closing day at the fair. He was immensely popular. Mr. Schriver was a printer before he became an aeroplanist. and during his stay in Springfield visited the offices of the Daily News making many friends among the printers and pressmen. In fact, he prolonged one of his afternoon flights so that the News boys could see him after the paper had gone to press. "Tod" Schriver, the well known American aviator, was killed Saturday evening in an exhibition flight which he was making at Ponce. Schriver fell from a height of two hundred feet into a cane field and died within half an hour while on his way to the hospital. Thousands of spectators witnessed the accident. Schriver was to fly over the city of Ponce, for which he was to receive a large prize. Schriver ascended over Ponce in a Baldwin aerplane and went through a number of evolutions. Apparently he lost control of the machine in making a turn. The aeroplane swooped to the earth and landed with a crash, Schriver geing half buried in the wreckage." Schriver has probably had more accidents and narrow escapes that any other aviator, all his accidents occurring when he was nursing a broken bone. He had a broken bone in his foot when he attempted to fly over the warship Wilmington at the city of that name last fall, and met with an accident, owing to his inability to use his injured foot. Then again he was injured at Belmont park during the International meet two years ago, when he had an injured foot. At Batavia, N. Y., he hurt his leg some time ago and when he left Mineola he did so on crutches. It was thought that he was trying to make a flight in the machine which he had not had a chance to test before he left Mineola, when he probably had occasion to use his injured foot. Mrs. Schriver is stopping at Rochester. She wanted to accompany her husband, but he would not allow her to on account of the inconveniences she would experience in the South American countries. A wire was sent her last night stating that her husband had been killed, but she wired back at once that such a thing could not possibly happen to "Tod" and that she was leaving for Mineola. The body of the aviator will be brought to Mineola and funeral services held from there. Last year Schriver and Captain Baldwin, with Bud Mars, traveled over practically the same countries that Schriver intended going over when he ws killed. During their tour, Schriver made more than three hundred flights and never met with an accident on one of them. Schriver helped Glenn Curtiss build the machine with which Curtiss won the International speed contest at Rheims, France, two years ago. Schriver was very confident of making a successful tour and a short time before he went away he was host to a large party of friends at a Manhattan Theater, which followed a dinner at which Schriver presented each person present with a handsome remembrance. Collection of Mary Castro, 2-20-04 |
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PUERTO RICO An Oral History 1898-2008 110 years of life on La Isla Barbara Tasch Ezratty, editor Product Details Hardcover: 456 pages Publisher: Read Street Publishing Inc; 1 edition (January 29, 2010) Language: English Price: $34.95 ISBN-10: 0942929314 ISBN-13: 978-0942929317 |
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Editorial Review from Amazon.com Product Description 110 years of life on the island of Puerto Rico as related by 50+ islanders, including 'the man on the street as well as leaders of industry. From Luis Medina who was given a machete to fight the Americans in 1898, people describe the Puerto Rico they remember. Orlando Cepeda (SF Giants)and Benny Ayala (Baltimore Orioles) talk about getting started in baseball; Hugh Andrews about tourism and the hotel industry; Dr. Máximo Cerame-Vivas about the University of Puerto Rico and the professors there in the 50s, 60s and 70s; Carli Muñoz and Arturo Carrion about their start in music; Doña Felisa Rincon, Judge Ray Acosta, Lic. Harry Anduze about politics. More than 50 'speakers' from all walks of life talk about the Puerto Rico they remember. Todd Shriver Dies On pages 54 to 56, you will find a fascinating description of the crash as witnessed by Horacio A. Subirá. He is quoted as recalling Tod's arrival in Ponce in 1910 or 1911 and then seeing him crash into a clump of bamboos, which killed him instantly. Thanks to his memory, we can relive the last days of Tod in Puerto Rico. About the Author Editor Barbara Tasch Ezratty is a 30+ year resident of the island and a former journalist. For the past ten years, she has published Tables Magazine: Puerto Rico's Guide to Great Dining. She conducted the interviews for Puerto Rico An Oral History 1898-2008 over a 25 year period. |
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