Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-03
ONE KILLED and
THREE INJURED
IS AUTO RECORD
mECHANICIAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
BENEATH CAR IN NEW YORK
RACE
t0ZIER MACHINE CHARMED.
Turns Turtle and Later Jumps Track
When Tire Bursts AID No One
Is Hurt.
POLICEMAN HAS LEGS SMASHED

BRIGHTON BEACH, y. Y, Aug
*. The record for the first half for the
24-h0ur automobile race on the new mo-
lordrome track is one driver killed, one
very badly injured, another painfully
burned and a policeman crippled, hav-
nix lad both !egs smashed.
Fully $1,000 persons were present
when The fatal smash occurred Friday
which crushed the life ont Of Mechani-
riau Leonard Cole who was in the
Stcarus car with driver Laurcnte
Crosses. ana more than half that number
remained until daylight. During the
night there were many spills which
fnrt ed several cars to take trips to the
camps for repairs. The Rainier aud
Rrua!It racers were more lucky than
the others and thcv raced each other
nip and tack for five hours amid the
cheers Of spectators, until they got on
.ey"I terms shortly after g o'clock.
Loz:er Car Turns Over.
one Of the early morning accidents
was the turning over Of the Lozier car,
under which Driver Ueina was buried,
but he was not even scratched. He had
q rest Of nearly two hours before the car
VAS put into commission again
The l.oZIcr car, which was ont of the
race for three hours during the night,
was ia trouble again this morning. At
So clock it jumped rom the track
into the Quilted at the turn into the
back stretch. The cause Of thIs accilent
WIS the bursting of tire. The car
turned over twice and although the rae
iug machine was wrecked, neither of the
occupants was scratched
Between and 3 o'clock a special p0-
liccman named Corrigan was badly in
jured through the Overturning OF a metal
lamp post which was knocked over by
one Of the racing automobiles which
skiddcd while going at top speed. Cor
rigan'S right leg was broken and his
left knee dislocated. de was taken to
the hospital where Driver Crosse was
being treated for an injured spine and
internal bruises.
Driver Hughes. whose clothing took
fire after a collision between two big
ears was painfully, but not seriously
burned0.
Driver Is Cautioned
Driver Lund of the Rainier car was
called 20 the Judges stand at II 40 and
cautioned for crowding Acme car No.
4 ut the paddock turn Few minutes
previously. lie was allowed to continue
In the race The Acme No. 4 was driv-
." through the fence at this point to
avoid u collision last night and lost near
y an hour for repairs.
Renauit Has the Lead.
The field this afternoon consisted of
six cars. with the Renault holding a
good safe lead The Rainier was a
latter forced her to stay out for repairs
for over an hour. Acme No. then
took second place, but as soon as Dis
brow got the Rainier moving again, he
went after second place and won il back
in an hour
Il 20, tt,n A 4
that racer further back. The carbu-
rector flooded and the wiring burned out.
Rev wiring was begun right away, but the
miShap meant an hours delay. This
seemed to leave the finish between
Rcnault and Rainier, which battled so
hard all night with the odds in favor
of the Renault as 1T has been going
smoothly almost every minute since the
start. There is no chance of q new rec
ord for this event, as the track has be-
come so rough after the continuous use
since yesterday morning that speeding is
out of the question.
Seventeenth hour score - (3 o'clOck1,
Rcnault, 1888; Rainier, 712; Acme No 3
GS}: Acme No. A, 626; Palmer Singer
G31: Allen Kingston, 5S2.
Chauffeur Is Killed
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 2S-
William harrington, chauffeur for Ear
Rogers one of the attorneys for Patrick
Calhoun. was killed i'll Golden Gate park
today when his automobile, with three
passengers. crashed into another ma
shine. Mrs Darlington, Miss Grace
Williams, and a man s. hose identity was
not revealed, were injured but not
seriously. The machine driven by Bar
riugton turned over and pinned the driv
or beneath, killing him instantly.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Aug. Is
Miss Inez Purdy, the Oakland music
teacher injured in an automobile acct
dent near McClelland, Ia, last Satur
day night, died early today at the Jennie
Edmonson Memorial hospital.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 2S.-While re
turning in an automobile from dance
nj Pine Beach, a summer resort on
Hampton Roads, a party of three mer
and three women were thrown over q
fifteen foot embankment, the automobile
turning a somersault in the plunge
Blanche Burns, % years old, one of the
party was instantly killed, her neck hav.