Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-02
GLOOM CAST OVER ALL
Immense Crowd Disperses Under
Deep Pail of Sorrow.
ACCIDENTS ARE SENSATIONAL
Harry Grant, Winner by Narrow
Margin of Twenty-Five Seconds,
Establishes a New Record.

LONG ISLAND CITY, October -Four
killed and twenty seriously injured-four
of them probably fatally-was the price
in human flesh paid today for the sixth
running of the Vanderbilt cup race. won
in electrifying fashion by Harry Grant.
driving 12O horsepower Alec.
The killed:
| Mathew r. Bacon. mechanician for Har-
old Stone. killed when Columbia car No.
| 12 plunged over bridge spanning West
bury road.
Charles Miller, mechanician for Louis
Chevrolet, killed when Chevrolet's car left
the course and struck touring car.
Ferdinand dZubia, New York manager
of Pope-Hartford Company, killed in
early morning smash-up on way to race.
Edward Lynch of Glen Cove Landing,
fatally hurt on his way home from the
races; died later.
The injured:
Harold A. Stone. driver of the Column
juries; may die.
Mrs. Ferdinand D'Zubia; both legs
broken; condition critical.
William Knipper, driver Lancia car;
| broken leg.
V. Padula, driver Abbott-Detroit;
| bruised.
Louis Chevrolet. driver Marquette-Bu-
| ick; left arm broken.
! James Nelson mechanician for Arthur
Chevrolet; leg broken.
| Skull Is Fractured.
| Thomas Miller, struck by Pope-Hart-
ford car; skull fractured; injured inter-
nally; may die.
| c. N. Kittrell. mechanician car %;
shock and contusions.
Frank Toplia, hurt in early morning
smash-up; will recover.
| Charles Grommucci, the Toplia chauf-
| feur; bruised.
| Harry Haggenbom, spectator, hit by
Dawson's car; condition serious.
| Morris Levinsen, spectator, struck by
| Knipper's car; leg broken.
Cornell Reid, SPECTATOR. leg broken.
| Mrs. Gussie Heidtmann, spectator; cut
| and bruised.
Mrs Lillian Roos; arm broken.
| Mrs. Martina Roos, cut and bruised.
| Joseph Cook, scalp wound.
l. William Peterson, knocked unconscious
| by flying tire from Wheel,
| Thomas Somn1ers and Edward H.
Brown, injured In D'Zubia accident.
Grant, who distinguished himself last
year by finishing fifth In the Wander
bilt. won today's event from Joe Daw-
son, driving Marmon, by the narrow
| margin of twenty-five seconds. John
Aiken. in the National, was only min
ute and six seconds behind Dawson
Race Closely Contested.
The race was the most closely contest
| ed of any of the Vanderbilt cup races.
and with the two small-car events run
| as a unit with it-the Wheatley Hills
sweepstakes and the Massapequa tro-
| phy-brought out record number of
| starters. The time of the three first
! cars to finish in the main event ex-
! ceeded the best time ever made In an
| ering the 27S.OS miles of the course in
| 4 hours, Is minutes, IS seconds, equiva-
| lent to an average Of 6o 1-5 miles an
| hour. established a new record. But, as
| brilliant as was the performance Of the
J three winners, and as thrilling as was
| the race itself, the horror caused by
| the wholesale manning and killing which
attended it cast such deep shadow
| over spectators, participants and man
| agement that the crowd dispersed under
| pail of sorrow.
The accidents that caused two of the
deaths were sensational in the extreme.
| The first occurred when the Columbia car,
driven by Harold Stone, suddenly burst
| a tire at the approach of the cement
bridge crossing the Westbury road and,
becoming unmanageable. plunged over the
parapet The great machine went over
| twice in midair and landed on It's side,
| crushing out the life of Mathew r. Bacon,
stones mechanician who was caught un-
! der it, Stone himself sustained fractures
| to both legs and internal Injuries, from
| which it is doubtful if he will recover.
Dashes Into Touring Car.
The killing of Chevrolet's mechanician,
| Charles Miller. came as the climax of
a mad attempt of Chevrolet to regain
lead lost through frequent magnetic and
| tire trouble. The daring French driver,
| who earlier in the race had reeled off
round after round at seventy three and
one-haIf miles an hour, hurdled a rut in
| the back stretch with full power on, and,
| landing on three wheels, found the car
zigzagging from side to side. unresponsive
| to its steering gear. With q shrek of
| horror from the hundreds assembled at
| the spot, the car plunged into a fence
| and swept 1t away like SO much paper.
then plowed deep into a passenger-laden
| touring car moOred on the side of the
| road.
| The compact was terrific and the five
| occupants of the touring car were tossed
| high In the air. All escaped death, but
! Miller was caught in the Wreckage and
| instantly killed Chevrolet was pulled out
of the debris with a broken arm.
The Third Death.
The third death Of the day did not oc-
cur on the course. but en- route to the
race. Ferdinand d'Subia, an automobile
man. was the victim. His wife had both
legs broken in the smash-up.
During the homeward rush of automo-
biles from the race Edward Lynch, an