Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-03
TRAIL Of INJURED
AND DYING MEN
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Prudence Cast TO the Wind in
BRIGHTON Beach Auto
Race.
PREVIOUS RECORDS BEATEN.
During Night Mist7ap Followed
Mishap in Rapid Sue
cession.
SIX OF Cars slill in Compctition--otil.
crs Reduced To Scrap Iron and
Splintcrs OF Wood

Brighton Benrh Race Track, n. ",
oct. with a trail of Injured and
dying men and hopeies8ly wrecked rae
Ing machines behind them. six OF the
IL automobiles that started In the "
hour race at Brighton Beach race
track last evening were still in the mad
whirl at S O'clock. Apparently pru-
dence had been cast to the winds ami
no chance was considered too great, no
danger too menacing to the drivers Of
the dying machines. As Il result all
previous records had been eclipSed. and
It was apparent that IL the terrific
speed of the leaders WAS maintained TO
the end nearly, IL not quite, 100 miles
would he added to the "a hour figures.
The four leaders at the end OF the
tenth hour werein advance of the best
previous mark from three to iS miles.
This WAS not accomplished, however.
without a fearful demolition OF cars
and collisions and spills, in which driv-
e. and mechanician escaped death by
the narrowest margin.
ESCAPED BY a MIRACLE.
in the third hour a plling up of rae
ing machines going at better than 50
miles an hour was averted as by
miracle four cars grouped closely to-
gether being thrown into confusion by
the crossing directly in their path OF
| NJ. q. Pickett. special patrol officer.
| Three of the cars managed TO avoid
the lodging figure, but Robertson
| smashed into him with fearful force
and threw him 80 feet. He was picked
Itup unconscious and now he is in N
| critica condition alta hospital. All the
/ other injured are drivers and mechanics
| on racing cars. None OF them is seri-
! ously hurt
| TIE mishaps crowded fast upon one
| another throughout the night, the
(. French car Nod catching fire in the
seventh hour. and the Italian entry,
/ No. 10. crashing into the fence soon
4 afterwards, retiring both for the re-
4 mainder of the contest. No. 4, which
/ had been smashed In the mix up ra-
II suiting from the running downgpf Flick
i EFT, remained off the track six hours,
undergoing repairs, but re- entered the
f contest in the ninth lrour1 The Italian
4 entry, driven by DePalnia, anu the
4 American car, driven by Cherveiet We're
next toscome to grief, the former crack
! ing two cylinders, and the latter free1-f
| ing It's bearings. The Italian car re ii
erred in the eighth hour, and the AIncr-
4 lean car III the seventh. In the four
teenth hour, however. the American
/ entry, No. 3. had been sufficiently res
/ paired TO re-enter the contest, but was
/ three miles.
FIELD REDUCED
i At o'clock the field had been re-
1 duced to six cars by the careening of
| No. in the eleventh hour. and of
| these only the first four We're Keeping
isup the lightning pace 1t was a pretty
4 race between these, however, and the
| early morning crowd was brought to It's
| feet again and again as first one and
| bta.n nj IN, Ia r:lrl n 4 81
at mile a minute speed. At the end
| of the eleventh hour the standing of
| the survivors was as follows:
No. 6. $50 niles Nc. 8, 5ss miles; NJ;
! S, SIG miles: No. g a13 miles; No, IL 3D.
/ miles; No. 4. 254 miles.
| Both the driver and mechanic Of car.
| No. I escaped with bruises when 1t
overturned. The accident was caused
| by the explosion of j front tire. Tile
car was hopeiessly wrecked, Its lSa1s
frame twisted. At Tie conclusion of
the twelfth hour, the track was cleared
| TO permit of repairs being made on tii,sH
turns which had been badly cut up.
| II was the intention to suspend the race
! until 10 o'clock. This brings the Il
/ hours 10 Il close nj 10 o'clock tonight.
The score at the end OF the twelfth
| hour was:
| No, ). 6l3: No. 6, 612; No. S, 800: No.
| ., 5f2i No. IL 4l3; No. 1. 25i.
The best previous record was 6i5
| miles
RACE RESUMED,
When the race was resumed after
the two hours int.rmissiou. the Amer
lean car No. 10. driven by Young and
| Doty, which had been prevented fron
| starting by a collision With Mitchcnors'
car early last night, appeared rs 4
| fresh contestant. Michener. who also
| had been temporarily out OF The race,
/ reappeared at this time IN No. :, re-
| placing CODE. Who had beeA injured.
| Cohs's hurts are said to be NOT serious,
! From stories told by some of the
] drivers Who witnessed the accident 10
! Bloch the driver OF q French ear, III
| the seventh hour. II appears that his
! eseai.a from death was almost mitacu-
| Ions When mis- car, ablase and going
| at a lh-mile CLIP, overturned he was
caught under it aud held there y
| blow of the drfpeNheei against his elm
| Knocked him unconscious ana hai IL
not been for the driver and rieehanfc OF
| No. 10, who stopped their cat aud
| jumped out TO pun him from under
| the blazing wreck, he must have bHen
| burned TO death.
The score at the end OF he thtrtsentA
| hotfr.
No. &. 65S miles; M ., Ga5 niles No.
| 2. GIL miles. No = geo mics. No. ~
| 45f miles. No. s. 263 mics: No. T. 255
miles; No. 10. 43 miles
Score Mt end of fifteenth hour
| No. G. s6i miles: No :. sSS; No
/ f02; No. s. $50: No. II, 5Sai No. 2, Sfff
No l. eos; No Is. 22S