Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-29
THIRTEENTH DAY UNLUCKY
Four Glidden Cars Are Damaged and
Two Men Hurt.
TWO ARE NARROWED ON PRAIRIE
Big Thomas Flyer Strikes Grass
Covered Hole and Breaks Engine
Frame-It VIII BE shipped
Home.

OAKLEY, Kan, July 2S.-(Special Tele-
gram)-The thirteenth day of the Gliddeu
tour proved the most unfortunate in the
history Of the American Automobile asso-
citation tour. -Four of the larger cars were
badly damaged and two men were slightly
hurt. TIL injured are Frank Lowry, news
paper man of Indianapolis, and George
Hathaway, observer Of Kansas City,
Lowry sustained a bruised arm and leg
and Hathaway a sprained wrist.
The first car to get into difficulty was
Studebaker press car No. 81, i'm charge
Of Driver Harry Mcintosh of Cleveland,
While driving at a neutrality-suspicious.
hour rate the car plunged into one of the
many gras~s-covered holes of the prairie
and both steering spindles were broken.
Lowry, who Yves riding on the running
board Of the car, was thrown thirty feet
and struck on his side on a pile of gravel.
The other occupants of the car were not
injured. Lowry and p. w. Williams, teleg-
rapher, remained on the prairie all night
with the car, awaiting new parts from
Denver. Jess Illingsworth, driving Max
well press car, picked up the remainder
of McIntosh's passengers,
More Cars Are
When 100 miles from this control, Mason
car No. 12 sustained a broken steering
gear and was ditched. The car was not
reported in at II O'Clock. A front spring
gave way on Glide car No. 10 a few miles
further up the road. An attempt was
made to drive the car to this city, but
when fifty miles out the front axle gave
way and the car is also marooned on the
prairie. 1t is the intention of the entrants
of the Glide to repair the car and continue
regardless Of what penalty is imposed.
Within a mile of the Glide disaster the
big Thomas Flyer, driven by George Busse
OF Buffalo, struck a hidden ditch and,
bounding into the air, came down with
such force as to break it's engine frame.
The car was towed in by Jess nlings-
worth in a Maxwell and will be withdrawn
and shipped to the factory. While saw
l ing a passenger from being thrown to the
road, the Thomas observer. George Hatha-
way was himself thrown out, sustaining
a sprained wrist.
Charles Goldthwaite, driving Maxwell
No, 1O1, also hit a hidden hole in the
prairie and his car sustained a broken
front spring. Goldthwaite, unaided, re-
placed the spring and finished in good
time.
Cactus Adds to Trouble.
Scarcely a car escaped trouble of some
sort. All along the road between Hugo,
Colo' and this control cars were laid up
by the side of the trail while mechanics
savasely adjusted their cars m order to
reach this control on time. Those that
escaped mechanical troubles were few and
nearly all of these had tire trouble as a
result of the contact with cactus. Others
had to stop and remove water from car
bureters, picked up when the cars forded
several deep streams.
Chalmers car No, 50 had to be towed
into this control from a nearby gasoline
station because the man in charge of the
station mistook water for gasoline. In
the hurry of supplying a dozen cars, the
gasoline tender picked up a f~ive-gaIlon
can Of water and poured 1t in the gaso-
line tank Of the Chalmers. Chairman
Hover gave the Chalmers permission to
remove the water without penalization.
Additional penalties were announced to-
night as follows: Maxwell No. G. SIS;
Maxwell No. I07, IT..
The other cars which were in trouble
Will be penalized tomorrow.