Winston-Salem, Dec. 27—William Melcher, aged about 45 years, was fatally injured about 2:30 yesterday afternoon when he was struck by the propeller of an airplane as the machine landed on the aviation field on the Lexington road, a short distance south of the city. His shoulder was broken and his left leg severed just above the knee. Death followed an hour later.
The plane was being piloted by Shelly Charles, who has had the machine on the field for several days. He had been carrying passengers and was making a landing after a flight when the accident occurred. Mr. Mulcher was in a large crowd of people who were witnessing the flights. He was a cripple, and could not move about as rapidly as the others, so when the plane landed and ran along the field for some distance, he was caught by the propeller.
The injured man was rushed to a hospital where he was given medical attention. His home was on Sunnyside avenue, Southside.
From the front page of The High Point Enterprise, Dec. 27, 1922. The victim’s last name was spelled Melcher in the first paragraph and Mulcher in the second paragraph. I don’t know which is correct.
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