Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-09-03
aECHANICIAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
BENEATH CAR IN NEW YORK
RACE.
IOZlER MACHINE CHARMED.
Turns Turtle and Later Jumps Track
When Tire Bursts AID No One
Is Hurt.
pOE1CEMAN HAS LEGS SMASHED.


.2S.-Tke record for the first half for the
24-hour automobile race on the new mo-
sordrome track is one driver killed, one
very badly injured, another painfully
burned and policeman crippled, haV-
ing had both legs smashed.
Fully $4,000 persons were present
,yhen the fatal smash occurred Friday
which crushed the life out of Mechani-
elan Leonard Cole, who was in the
.Stearns car with driver Laurente
Crosse. and more than half that number
remained until daylight. During the
aigAt there were many spills which
forced several cars to take trips to the
camps for repairs. The Rainier and
Renault racers were more lucky than
alp and tuck for five hours amid the
cheers of spectators, until they got on
level terms shortly after 8 o'clock.
Lozier Car Turns Over.
One of the early morning accidents
was the turning over of the LoZler car,
under which Driver Heina was buried,
aut he was not even scratched. He had
3 rest of nearly two hours before the car
Was put into commission again.
The Lozer car, which was out of the
race for three hours during the night,
'was in trouble again this morning At
.B:25 o'clock it jumped from the track
unto the outfeld at the turn into the
back stretch. The cause of this accident
was the bursting of tire. Ihe car
rturned over twice and although the rae
ing machine was wrecked, neither OF the
occupants was scratched.
Between 4 and 5 o'clock a special po-
ticeman named Corrigan was badly in
iured through the Overturning of metal
lamp post which was knocked over by
enc of the racing automobiles which
skidded while going at top speed. Cor
trigan's right leg was broken and MS
left knee dslOcated. He was taken to
the hospital where Driver Crosse was
being treated for an injured spine and
internal bruises.
Driver Hughes, whose clothing took
Gre after a collision between two big
ears, was painfully, but not seriously
OurnedO.
Driver Is Cautioned
Driver Lund of the Rainier car was
sailed to the judges stand at 11:45 and
cautioned for crowding Acme car No.
4 at the paddock turn a FEW minutes
previously. He was allowed to continue
In the race. The Acme No. was drly-
en through the fence at this point to
avoid a collision last night and lost near
" an hour for repairs.
Renault Has the Lead. ....
The field this afternoon consisted of
six cars, with the Renault holding a
good safe lead. The Rainier was a
close second until an accident to the
.1atter 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 1T back
in an hour.
An accident to the Acme No. 4, put
that racer further back, The carbu-
.vetOr flooded and the wiring burned out.
Rewiring was begun right away, but the
qrnishap meant an hours delay. This
seemed to leave the finish between
Renault and Rainier, which battled so
Hard all night with the odds in favor
of the Renault as it has been going
smoothly almost every minute since the
start. There is no chance of 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 - g o'clock,
Renault. 1873: Rainier 712; Acme No. 3.
sGS3; Acme No. 4. 626; Palmer Singer,
sj3T: Allen-KingstOn, 5S2.
Chauffeur Is Killed
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Aug. IS
William Darlington, chauffeur for Earl
Rogers. one of the attorneys for Patrick
Calhoun. was killed in Golden Gate park
today when his automobile, with three
messengers, crashed into another ma
chine Mrs. Darlington, Miss Grace
Williams. and a man whose identity was
mot revealed, were injured but not
seriously. The machine driven by Bar
rington turned over and pinned the driv-
( er beneath, killing him instantly.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Aug. IS
EMiss Inez Purdy, the Oakland music
teacher injured in an automobile acct
,s1ent near McClelland, Ia, last Satur-
Hslay night died early today at the Jennie
~Edmonson Memorial hospital.
NORFOLK. Va, Aug. 2S.-While re-
turning in an automobile from a dance
at Pine Beach, a summer resort on
Hampton Roads, a party of three men
and three women were thrown over a
effteen-foot embankment the automobile
turning somersault in the plunge.