The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-11-17
DEATH RIDES RACE COURSE.
ALBERT FUCHS KILLED IN ACCIDERU ON
SAVANNAH TRACK.
Wild Car Runs Pellmell Over Trees
and Fences. Young Mechanic
Meets Instant Death and
w. III. Sharp, Owner
of Car is ScTi-
ously Injured.


Savannah, Ga, November 10
Speed mania collected it's first toll
of life on the Grand Prize automo-
bile course to-day. Albert Fuchs, a
young mechanic, met instant death.
and W. H. Sharp, driver and owner
cf the car bearing his name, was
seriously injured when the power
ful machine swered from the road
and crashed into a barbed wire
fence
Sharp had his car on the course
FOR practice. He had made several
laps at high speed, when the acci-
dent occurred. All had seemed to
be we'll with the car and the cause
of its disaster is a mystery. Only
sharp, it is thought, may be able
to shed light upon it, and he is ly-
ing in n hospital unable to make
amy statement. One theory is that
Sharp took a curve on the back
stretch in Ferguson avenue at too
high speed, thus losing control An
other is that the tire blew out,
causing the driver to lose control.
The latter theory is supported by
che fact that the left front tire was
stripped from the wheel
Car Thrown i'm the Air.
For forty feet along the side of
thon leaping a ditch and striking Il
small tree. Seemingly the tree,
though bent to earth and swept it's
entire length by the on-rushing ma
chine, impeded its course but little.
A few yards further the car struck
thick post of barbed wire fence
extending along the road. On it
sped, knocking down post after
post and tangling posts and wire
in Its mechanism and about its
wheels. 1t was this tanglc of wires
that finally brought the car to a
stop. first throwing it into the air
for a somersault, driver and me-
chanic falling as 1t was thrown.
One Killed, Another Injured.
Fuchs struck on his head on
log. but apparently sustained injury
to his stomach by striking against
the steering wheel. When a flag
man on the course and two convicts
who were working on the road at
the point where the accident occur
red, ran to the assistance OF the
men, they found Fuchs dead and
Sharp helpless. Efforts were made
to flag other racing cars as they
sped by in practice, until word was
telephoned 20 the grand stand,
several miles away Then two of
lily SlOpcu oU the
scene and brought the body of
Fuchs and the injured Sharp to the
city.
Had PremonitioB OF Death.
Fuchs, twenty-four years old.
lived at Trenton, y. ]. Men at the
Sharp training camp say that he
had a premonition that the course
held danger for him to-day. He
sought to be relieved from duty,
but no substitute was at hand.
Those about the car as he started
with Sharp made light of his fears.
and his driver sought to steady the
young mans nerves by giving him
instructions to be followed as they
drove.
Hold on to this oil can all the
time said Sharp. Don't let it
get out of your hand. When | call
for Oil let her have it,
lmbeded in the ground in the
pool of blood that marked the spot
where Fuchs skull was crushed
WAS found an oil can.
Accident Eliminates Him.
Sharp is well known as a manu-
facturer and driver His factory is
At East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
His accident eliminates him and
his car from the Grand Prize race,
In which he had drawn first for
Tne start
The meet will open tomorrow at
10 o'clock, with seven entrants in
the Savannah challenge cup race.
The competitors Will start at 80
30 second intervals, 10 be followed
AN hour later by the eight starters
in the Tiedeman trophy race. The
races will be over ii is estimated,
at about o'clock