From the archives: Montreal-to-Ottawa flight marked newspaper's debut

This story was first published on Oct. 8, 2011, in the Montreal Gazette.
All aviation ceased with the accident, and a pall of gloom and sadness has descended over the village.
The Gazette, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1913
An airplane piloted by Lincoln Beachey, known for daring verging on recklessness, dipped over a shed in Bath, N.Y. It was too low, and four young spectators were swept from the shed’s roof. One of them, Ruth Hildreth, died and the others were badly injured. Beachey himself was hur