The Washington times., 1910-10-01

before he realized MS danger was
crushed TO death between the rae
ing machine and the touring car.
Chevrolet was thrown twenty feet
but escaped with few bruises.
The killing Of Miller was attended by
the almost miraculous escape Of three
women from death when the big racer
bored through the auto in which they
we're taking lunch. cutting the vehicle
in two The great racing machine.
without its ninety4miIe speed abating
in the slightest then struck a tree and
bucked into the air
Mrs Kate Mccarthy was in the front
yard with her baby watching as the
machine shot by her She escaped
death by a hairs breadth by falling
backwards inJuring her leg in her eff
fort 10 avoid IL
While the spectators were horror
stricken az the fatalities which we're be-
Ing reported many injured persons were
being carried 20 the hospital Howa I'd
Hail. mech duician for Wild Bob Bur
man. a Buick driver. was terribly ir-
lIrec by 2 broken chain Burnan was
rounding the Westbury turn wher the
Cnain parted II thrashed the air Ike
fail and struck the mechaniCian- He
was knocked unconscious by the first
blow thurman stopped his car and sent
his helper to The hospital
Hurled IS Feet.
Two Of the most seriously injured dur
ing the race were spectators At West
bury, Thomas Miller, twenty-eight years
cd, stepped out on the course 10 look
At an approaching car Before he could
get back OF the course Jack Fleming,
in a Pope-HaTtfoTd machine, came down
the road ike an express train Miller
vas hurled twenty-five feet in the air.
At the hospital il was found that his
skull was fractured, that his Leg were
= Il
internal injuries He Is not expected to
live
A little further down the course Henry
HageTdOrn, Of Brooklyn, stepped IN
TOul OF one OF The racers He was toss
cd aside Ike feather, and when car
red TO the Nassau Hospital It was said
that his injuries were 50 severe that he
could not recover
An accident similar % that wEich re-
suited IT, the death Of CnevroIet-s mech
snician. occurred at the NassapeQua
turn ia the seventh lap Billy Knipper-
driving car No. 81 vas going too fast
10 make the turn His ca skiddCd into
q machine owned nv john Mullen. a
contra cfOr. Of Jamaica Morris Leven-
son Cf New York, one Of Mulleus
guests VAS caught between the two
cars ana one Of his less was broken
Two Narrow Escapes.
Among the racers who had narrow
escapes from death were c. H Frey
ana MS UleCudnlCldu- - M lTlDNet4,
in q Mercer car, entered in the Wheat
lev Hills event \ tire burst. SWerT-
ing the car in the direction Of a tele-
graph pole By quick manipulation OF
the wheel Frey managed 10 Side-swipe
he pole instead of meeting il head
on Both the driver and his helper
-sre bruised. and they had TO retire
Il on the race
Franz Helm and his mecharician in a
Benz car narrowly escaped burning &c
death as their car caught fire while
SkiddinE around the WeStbuTy turn
Without warning the entire car burst
into flames. and Helm barely had tine
20 stop the car and escape with his
helper before the seats they had &C
Cupied but moment before were en-
VeloDed in flames
Numerous accidents we're reported on
the roads leading from New York TO
the race course
At Garden City an automobile cor
tanning several persons was wrecked.
and two were 50 badly injured that
they were carried to the Nassau Hos
pital for treatment