The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-05-29
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DEADLY AUTOMOBILE RACES.
Six Lives Lost, Including Three Machin
lists, Soldier, CycliSt and
Peasant Woman.


stage of the Paris Madrid automobile
race, which began at Paris on Sun
day, q complete liat of the casualties.
This shows six persons killed, two 80
dangerously Injured that they may
die and ten seriously injured. A care.
fully revised list of the casualties fol
lows:
Dead. .PierreR Roderiz, Mr. Barrow's
machinist, in collision with tree
near Libourne. Nixon, Mr.. Porter's
machinist, burned under automobile.
Normand, M. Tourand's machinist,
at Angouleme. Depuy, soldier, at
Angoulemc Gallon, cyclist, at An
gouleme. Unknown peasant woman,
at Ablis.
Injured-AIr Barrow, pelvis and
thigh broken; amputation of leg ex
pected NJ Marcel Renault, injured
ABOUT body and head. Mr.. L Porter,
cut and bruised Mr. Stead, over
turned, badly injured. Mr.. Stead's
machinist, head cut open. Lesna,
champion cyclist, broken knee cap.
Georges Richard, chest crushed, ribs
broken. Henry Jeannot, Richards
machinist, shoulder fractured. T..
Chard, head cut open. Tourand, Sc
verely bruised. CASTOR Raffet, boy,
fractured skull, leg and arm broken.
Marcel Renault's machinist, severely
bruised.
Some miraculous escapes have been
reported. Nj. Terry's machine was
burned at Coagnieres, but he and
his machinist we're unlnjured. M.
Rodolphe Darzens and his machinist
were thrown out near Bordeaux and
were practically unhurt, though the
car was destroyed.
Tho manufacturers ugreed that az
road race was impossible, the
meeting would be resumed within a
closed course.
The correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press interviewed a number
of the leading American and French
automobiles, and they all expressed
horror at the series Of accidents,
and added that in their opinion it
would end speed races in France
and Oh the Continent.
Foxhall keene said: "The killing
or manning of 80 many persous is Il
terrible blow both to individuals and
to antomobiling. 1 had hoped to
drive my sixty-horse power car 1t
WAS Il wonderful machine, showing
1l2 kilometers without effort"
Clarence Moore, Of Washington,
has returned from an inspection of
the track for which unusual facilities
were granted him by the judges Of
yesterdays race. He gives a graphic
description of the terrific speed of
the racers. He timed Louis Renault's
car as 1t passed him and he found it
WAS making '4i miles an hour. The
automobile of NJ, Gabriel, yesterdays
winner, he says, gave forth roar as
1t leaped steep the incline near Char
ties like huge rabbit bounding up
bill. lie saw Jarrott approaching
at lightning speed. A huge black
mastiff got right in the path. Jar
rott realized that to try to avoid the
dog would throw his car against q
tree and he steered directly ahead.
He struck the dog squaroly and 1t
was pinned in front of the automo.
bile for moment and then dropped
on the ground between the wheels.
Every bone in it's body WAS broken,
some Of them in n dozen places.
ANOTHER TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Nine. Chavssas, accompanied by
her husband, both riding dykes, we're
watching the passing automobiles at
st. Andre do Cubzac, twelve miles
from Bordeaux, when horse, fright
ened by the noise, bolted and over
turned the woman, who foil under a
racing automobile. Both her legs
were cut of. The hope of saving
her life is slight.
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