Gilpin observer., 1903-05-28
RACE rs CALLED orr
AUTO SPEED CONTEST MARRIED
: BY MANY ACCIDENTS.
Two Of the Contestants and Four Spec.
tators Killed and Several Others Sc
riousIy lnjured-sixty-tso Miles an
Hour on Road.

Hour on Road.
Paris, May 25.-The first stage in
the Paris-Madrid automobile race.
from Versailles to Bordeaux, 313 miles.
was finished at noon, when Louis Rem
ault dashed at q furious pace into
Bordeaux, having made record run
of eight hours and twenty-seven min
utes. An hour later M. Gabriel ar
rived with still better record of
eight hours and seven minutes. 1t is
estimated from the time made that
these automobiles covered sixty-two
miles an hour on the road outside of
the cities. These victories, however.
were clouded by a series of accidents.
having in several cases fatal results.
Marcel Renault, the winner of the
Paris-Vienna race last year, Lorraine
Barrows, a very we'll known automo-
bilist and Renault's chauffeur. were
perhaps fatally injured, while Bar
rows chauffeur was killed. This num-
ber of accidents has not caused any
great surprise here IN view of the num-
Der of contestants in the race and the
great speed and power of their ma
chimes. The name Of w. X. Wander
bilt, Jr, disappeared from the reports
along the route after Rambouillett,
\ where he passed twenty-eighth in or
der. going in fine form. The omission
of his name from the dispatches from
Chartres. the next town en- the road,
caused some anxiety and brought forth
q number of inquiries. 1t was learned
that he, Henri Fournier and Baron de
Forest withdrew from the race be-
fore reaching Chartres. All of them
suffered breakdowns.
Dispatches arriving from points
along the course add to the list of IA
talities and accidents. The most ter
rible occurred near Bonneval, where
machine No. 243. driven by NJ. Porter.
was overturned at railroad crossing
and took fire. The chauffeur was
caught underneath the automobile and
burned to death. while two soldiers
and child were killed.
A chauffeur was badly injured by an
accident to his motor car near Angou-
leme. A woman crossing the road In
the neighborhood OF Abliz was run
over by one OF the competing cars
and killed.
Mr.. Stead and his chauffeur. who
were first reported killed, are still
alive. 1t seems that their automobile
collided with another car with which
Mr.. Stead had been racing for several
miles wheel 10 wheel and was over
turned in ditch near Montguyo. Mr..
Stead was caught under the machine,
while his chauffeur was hurled to a
distance of thirty feet and had his
head and body badly cut. Mr.. Stead
was conscious when picked up. but
complained of suffering great pain. He
was conveyed to the nearest farm.
1t was stated that Louis Renault's s
automobile attained at Bourdinier a
speed OF SSai miles an hour.
The dead: Pierre Roderiz. Mr.. Bar
rows machinist, collision with a tree
near Libourne; Nixon. Mr.. Porter's
machinist, burned under automobile;
Normand, NJ Tourands machinist. ar
Angouleme; Dupuy. soldier. at Angou-
leme; Gallon. cyclist. at Angouleme; (;
unknown peasant women. at Ablis.
In view of the number OF accidents
in the first stage of the race, Premier
Combes has forbidden the continuance
OF the contest on French territory.
1t is reported that the Spanish gov
ernment has also forbidden the con-
tinuanoe OF the race on Spanish ter
ritOry