The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-21
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! Then the car overturned and the 4Qlg
men sseFe in danger Of drowning shcu
nDofher ear which had Followed closely
arrived on the bridge. The driver
called some men to his aid and they
resctaed the men from tine stream.
The road approaching the bridge
makes a sharp turn to the right and
then an equally sharp turn to the left,
just as the bridge is reached. RyalI
drove at sharp pace, and when he
tried to turn to the left the car struck
the side of the bridge and went over
into the creek.
None Of the injured men was in the
race and they We're violating request
of the racing committee that motor
lists keep off the course during prac-
tise hours. There is talk today OF
policing the course and arresting all
but racing drivers found going around
The bridge where Mr.. Ryalls car
plunged into the tiny river has been
regarded as one of the most perilous
places on the Briarcliff course. 4
double curve, OF an 50 curve, as the
drivers call it, is formed by the road
there, with the bridge forming the CEN
trail portion. The approach is down
taking the bridge. A sharp turn to
the right is necessary, followed by a.
quick turn to the left. and then comes
hill. In order TO preserve some mo
nentum for the hill driver must
take. the bridge at good clip
r Going Thlrty-Miie Gait.
Mr.. Ryall, so bystanders say, was
going fully thirty miles an hour when
ne hit the bridge and went over.
When farmers. who We're going to the
fields, rushed to the aid of the motor
lists they were a sorry looking quartet,
all soaked to the skin and shivering
with the cold
Mr.. REall. despite his pain, was game
and tried to crawl to the aid OF his
younger friends. but enough men soon
arrived to help the entire party into ..
car which happened along. and they
were hurried to the almshouse hospital
Mr.. Ryall has for some time been the
Newark agent for the car he drives, and
is well known to the automobile dealers
in New York About a year ago he
challenged L. Fl. Perlman. of the Welch
Motog Car Company, to race to Bos-
ton, but after a lot of talk the contest
was dropped, and Mr. Ryall next ap-
peared as a driver in New Jersey track
races and road contests.
He drove at the last motor race In
Morris Park with a broken leg, and he
has been on ;tches most of the time
since.
Robertson is a brother of George
Robertson, who was severely Injured
Iring the rehearsal of the last Van
derbilt Cup race,
Most of the racing cars were out for
practise at daylight, and several OF
them narrowly escaped going into tiv
crowd, which gathered at the scene Of
accident.
Leg Broken Three Times.
Ryalls broken ankle was in a plaster
cast when the accident happened. This
is the third time the same leg has
been broken in auto mishaps.
The BrlarcliR course is far more dam
gerous than that on the Long Island.
where the Vanderbilt cup races have
been run. 1t is over hills and down
into valleys. and the roads are very
! narrow, with stone walls at one side
in some places and precipitous cliffs on
the other side.
The fastest time SO far made over
the course Of thirty miles has been by
Frank w. Leland, one of those who s
entered for the race. He covered the
distance in 80 minutes and seconds,
and il he can make such speed during
the race he will stand first-class
chance Of winning.
BTITC;HERS, AND taROCERs' Supplies.