Rutherford Page

Rutherford Page

Rutherford Page (c1880 - January 22, 1912) was an early American aviator who died in an airplane crash.

He was from New York and crashed from a height of 75 feet at Dominguez Field in Los Angeles, California on January 22, 1912 at 4:00 in his Curtiss biplane and was dead when extricated from the wreckage.

Selected coverage in the "New York Times"

* New York Times; January 23, 1912; page 1. "Aviator Page killed in Los Angeles crash. Thousands of Spectators See Young New Yorker Plunge from Height of 75 Feet. Los Angeles, California; January 22, 1912. Rutherford Page of New York City fell from a height of seventy-five feet in a Curtiss biplane and was dead when helpers extricated him from the wreckage at Dominguez Field here shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon."

External links

* [http://glennhcurtiss.com/id29.htm Curtiss aviation and crashes]

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