Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-05-27
THE AUTOMOBILE RACE,
Several Persons Were Kilies and In.
jured During Its Progress.

Paris. May 25.-The first stage in tn :
Paris-Madrid automobile from Yer.
sailles to Bordeaux. 343 miles. finished
at noon Sunday. when Louis Renauli
dashed at a furious pace into Dor.
deaX. having made a record run Of
eight hours and q minutes. An hour
later NJ. Gabriel arrived, with n still
better record of eight hours and sever
minutes. Ii IS estimated from tho
miles that these automobiles covered
62 miles an hour on the road outside
the city. These victories, however
were clouded bv a series of accident.
having fatal results.
The name OF w. X Vanderbilt. -.
disappeared from reports along N,
route after Rambouillet. where he
passed 2Sth in order at quarter of |!
Sunday morning. going in fine form
The omission of mis- name from the dis
patches from Chartres. the next tow
on the road. caused some anxiety. ant
brought forth a number OF Inquiries
II was learned later that he. Henri
Fourier and Baron de Forest with
drew from the race together before
reaching Chartres. All OF them sui
fered breakdowns. and. having losl
tlrce hours. they decided that IL was
useless to continue.
FoXhall Keene. Tod Sloan and w. ]
Dannat. the American artist. did not
al pear at the starting line Sunday
morning when their turn was reached
and consequently did DOT take part n
the races. c. Gray Dnsmore is thus
the only American left in
Dispatches arriving from points
along the course add to the list of IA
talities and accidents. The most terri
BILE occurred 10 miles from Chartres
where Machine No. 243. driven by NJ
Porter. was overturned at a railroad
crossing and took fire. TIE chauffeur
was caught underneath the automo
bile and burned to death. while two
soldiers and a child were killed. a
chauffeur was badly injured by an ac
cident TO his motor car near Angou
leme. A woman crossing the road il
the neighborhood of Ablis was run over
by one of the competing cars and killed
Mr. Stead and his chauffeur. who
were first reported to have beer
killed. are still alive
II is stated that Louis Renault's an
tomobile attained at Beourdinierie. be
tween Charities and Bonneval. a max
imum speed of SSA miles per hour.
II is reported that the Spanish gov
eminent has forbidden the continuance
of the race on Spanish territory.
During the afternoon word Of the ac
cidents began to arrive and cast q
cloud over the event A despatch
from Bordeaux announced that Lor
raine Burrows had met with a shock
ing accident near Libourne. II miles
from Bordeaux. at l As p. IN 1t ap
pears that NJ. Barrows had tried to
avoid a dog which was crossing the
track. and his monster car struck q
tree with terrific force. His chauffeu.
was killed outright Barrows himself
was picked up unconscious but still
breathing and was taken to a hospi
tai. where his condition was pro
nounced critical His car was dashed
to pieces Shortly afterwards news
came that Marcel Renault had been
overturned in a deep ditch beside the
road near Coupe. Il miles from Polo
tiers. and that he was dangerously in.
jured. The automobile club of Bor
CeauX received despatch at o'clo-l;
saying Renault was unconscious. and
it was feared. dying
In view Of the number Of accidents
some fatal. in the first stage of the
Paris-Madrid automobile race. from
Versailles to Bordeaux, Premier Com
hes has forbidden the continuance q
'le contest on French territory tho
second stage OF the race. which was
to have been continued on Tuesday
IL Guided run over French terriers
from Bordeaux to the Spanish frontier
Premier Combcs action will probably
lead to the races being abandoned.