New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-01
FREAK RACER A yUGGERNAUT
MOTOR CAR GOING OVER 4 NILE a NNJ7E Ora SHE'S INTO
LINZ OF SPECTATORS AT SPEED TEST.
ONE MAN KILLED. TEN INJURED-SOME MAY DIE

Tearing over bouIe, ard course. at a speed
Of mile in fifty seconds. a swo thousand pound
automobile. running wild. yesterday bolted into
row Of spectators, killed enc man. tossed TWO
men twenty feet into the air. and wounded ten
others all Of whom lived on Staten Island. The
engine cf destruction was a freak electric
motor car which its owner and maker ". c
Baker. o. the Baker Motor Vehicle Company. of
Cleveland. Ohio entered in the mile and kilo-
metre speed test trials given under the auspices
If the Automobile Club Of America on the
Southffeld Boulevard. near Grant City Staten
Island. Immediately after the accident Albert
r Shattuck president of the Automobile Club
Of America and District Attorney Z. : Raw
son of the Borough of Richmond both of whom
were on the scene. ordered cessation of the
racing against time.
THE DEAD.
ANDREW FETHERSTON. tax assessor Of JerseE,st,,.
&eRBrigh,on lower part cf body terribly crushed;
tossed into The and died instantly
THE INJURED.
BoGEI Etyeish 5sd gFf fraesare 9aa Of the right
TeGs en sna i1te7na in9Ties removed smith IN
BOWEN charles Of s,spston thrown .sg,e'sy swen,3 fSst 1
iaTSd iaT@ 'ne an --Se' a.
k sss7os gss5s ss it sui
ounds le:. srirl' and abrasiens of ihe scalp
NAY Mrs Ellen. Concord bruised and weak from
yogys0< Mrs Louise thirty-hve years old Of Ross
Vile. fracture 4 right leg.
JOHNSON Mrs Oscar Of Shore Road; both legs broken
kEr .sn ff e ;sh rtT gasa4 sa5 and sad @ Sd
PEA & Bars bs able f9FsE2 Fe Is2 6es Sea5s '''
RICARD William. Of Mariners HaT6or' slightly IN
TAILOR Captain Thomas captain Of the government
qusrantine boat Governor Flower: right arm tract,
s 5 s65aS s5 s6 s6ndsion Serious @ aiken to smith
hrr5srs.
MEN IN CAR ESCAPED
There we're number of other persons in the
Path Of the automobile VINO were slightly in
jured hut these disappeared from the course
without disclosing their identity a number of
women who tainted when the crash came were
attended to by bvstanders. and driven to their
homes
N. c. Baker Of the Baker company. and c
a Denzer electrician and chauffeur. both of
whom were riding in the cigar shaped internal
machine We're not in any way injured. They
easily extricated themselves from the wreck,
hut we're too weak from fright and nervousness
to lend assistance 10 Captain Thomas Taylor,
who lay bleeding and writhing beneath the
wheels The two men were slightly burned by
sulphuric acid An hour after their escape
Sergeant May and Detective Chorman arrested
Mr. Baker and Denzer. and carried them in a n
automobile To Stapleton. where they were ar
held in 5000 bail each
il was close tc 1 O'Clock after twenty-three
machines had rushed down the scraped country
boulevard, driven at great speed bv expert
ohauffeurs- that No. %. entered by the Baker |
M"for Vehicle Company. came along. Many Of |
'he thousands along the racing side lines had |
heard of the curious machine. which. il was |
rumored. would break all records gaso- |
lene OF electric All were eager for the flyers |
approach They crowded to the ropes and |
waited imp2tently for the signal men down the /
road 70 wave their warning flags and for the |
ringing Of the loud electric gong which told that
a racer had crossed the flying start
LOOKED LIKE CANOE on WHEELS.
Meanwhile No. 50 one Of the oldest of auto
mobiles. low long and dangerous, stood many
yards beyond the starting point. ready make .
worlds record. The machine looked like
Inverted canoe set the axle bars of pneu-
matte tired road wagon. The wheels were about .
thity-six inches in diameter and six feet apart.
The Iop Of the inverted canoe which was about
twelve feet long. lifted bu; foot above the top
Of the wheels. Tveo-thirds Of the way down the
polished surface was q screened peephole, wide
enough fer d pair of eyes. Under the floor Of /
the car which would have done credit to the
Imagination Of Jules Verne, was a tangle of
eiect:c batteries. the mechanism of which was
known only to the caring men who essayed the
trial
when al was reads for ,he run when every
ooli had been wrenched tightly and the top of
the inverted canoe had been polished
again TO wipe away every grain of dust which
might add 70 the pressure of air against then
Mr. Baker. the maker and inventor curled him
self up in the cramped little box and called
mis- chauffeur, Denzer, to sit his side Just be
fore Mr. Baker erawled into the hole he turned
TO policeman and said
FEARED FOR HIS LIFE
Here's where I'm taking a chance | don't |
know whether III get Of this alive
With rush and a growl the monster was
on, and almost before 1t bounded over the in
visible line that marked the start IT spread
about itself huttering blanket Of red-sray
Financial and business men should read The sne
cisi article on the Northern Securities Co which
Sii appear IN Mondays issue of The Morning