The Glenwood post., 1907-09-14

New York and manufacturer of the
Christie automobile, was seriously in
iured, Rex Reinscrton, president of the
American Automobile ASSOCIATION was
killed and the latter s machiuist Glare
Gaskin, severely hurt in the National
circuit automobile races at Bronat S is
land this afternoon.
Mr.. Christy is now in st. John s hos
pital in Allegheny and it is said by the
surgeons that he will probably recover
although he may be permanently in.
iured. His left wrist is broken, his
right eye cut so that he may lose the
sight, ana his back is badly wrcnched
and bruised Christie S wife is serious.
ly i'll at her home in Riveredgc, n. J.,
and every effort is being made to keep
the dreadful news from her.
This was the first days events un-
der the auspices of the American Au-
tomobile association. The first of the
accidents happened late in the after
noon in the 5O-mile endurance race for
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were twelve starters, Reinserton, in a
Haynes car with his machinist, Gaskin,
was rounding the first turn of the eighth
lap upon the mile track. Reinserton
was in the rear. all the other cars hav-
ing passed him. Just before he reached
the grandstand his right front tire
came off and his machine bounded into
the air and turned completely around
and over.
Gaskin was thrown fifty feet from
the wreck, but Rcinscrton, clutching
the steering gear, was caught under the
| car.
Unmindful that one man lay dead
and another seriously injured, the other
eleven racer continued until ten more
laps had been made when Mayor Chas
5. Kirscher, who was in the grand
stand, hurried to the size of James
Francis Burke, the referee, and de
manded that the races be stopped until
the extent of the two men 5 injuries
could be ascertaincd.
Although his skull was fractured and
almost every bone in his body broken,
Reinscrton was alive when piclIea up
Both he and Gaslliu were hurried to St
Johns hospital but Rcinscrton diet
soon after he reached there.
The dead man was - years of age
and prominent in business and auto.
mobile circles.
When Christie came upon the track he
was loudly applaudcd. He was in his
famous Christie direct drive ear, the
one he built for the grand priX in
most perfect he had eyer seen and that
he expected to make new world rec
ord. The track has a record of 5S see
onds and Christie was to receive $500
if he lowered this record.
Like streak of lightning Christie
passed the grand stand and had reached
the one-eighth mile post when the spec
tators were Mortified to see his car
shoot up in the air. 1t was just at the
point near where Reinserton had met
with his accident. His car had been
pulled off the track, but a projecting
end had caught the front right hand
wheel of Chrstic's car. Fortunately
Christie s grip on the wheel was bro
ken ana hn shot into the air 90 feet
and 80 feet ahead of his machine.
Mr.. Christie spent ten years in com
pleting the cur in which he was so bad
| ly hurt today and which was almost
completely demolished. He was said to
have valued it at 100000.
The remarkable similarity between
the Pittsburg and the Overland park
auto accidents may be summed up as
follows:
They occurred just week apart;
two men figured in each and there was
about the same interval of time be
tween the two accidents. Walter Chris
tie was hurt on almost the same relative
position on the Pittsburg track that w.
| B. Felker was killed on the Overland
track. Like the Overland races the
Pittsburg races were called off after
the second accident. About the same
number of people witnessed each acci-
dent.
Pittsburg, Sept. 1O-One woman was
killed and four other persons seriously
injured in Allegheny early today when
a large automobile bearing a party
from the city skidded along the streets