Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-01

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better than seventy miles an hour,
jumped the road near Hicksville. over
turning the car and meeting injury
under the ton of twiste and battered
metal. Mason, his meohanician. was
picked up unconscious with several
ribs broken andsInternal injuries that
caused his hurried removal to the Mas
sau Hospital In a critical. condition
All unconscious of the bad acci-'
dent to Stone, the crowd in the grand
stand cheered and excitedly clapped
gloved hands. as Mulford In the Lozier
and Dawson in the Marmon fought out
duel for the lead, Burman having
abandoned the race when victory
seemed almost sure. On the twelfth
lap Dawson succeeded in dislodging
Mulford, and a great cry went up
from the grand stand. His advantage
was to be short-lived, however, and on
the thirteenth lap Mulford was again
ahead and sufficiently confident Of
maintaining it to stop at his repair
pit to replenish his supply of gasoline
and water. Chevrolet who had limped
around the CiTCdlt Oti lilc CiCfChth hnVt
made a lightning change of driving
chains on his next trip around and
again loomed up dangerous.
Car In Fatal Plunge.
The accident to the Columbia, II was
learned later, was due to the bursting
Of the left rear tire as the car was
crossing the Meadowbrook bridge.
cement arch. The car pitched over the
side of the bridge and turned over
twice in mid-air before striking the
ground.
Just before Stone was hurt car. No.
a, Mercer, in the Wheatley Hills,
collided with telegraph pole and
Mechanician Kittrell was injured. His
condition Is serious,
The third serious accident of the
race occurred at Westbury, where a
sharp and dangerous turn was crowded
with spectators.
Thomas Miller, of College Point, L.,
l., rushed out on the course when a
passing car dropped a tire shoe. AS
he stopped to pick up the shoe Flem-
| ings Pope Hartford slid out of cloud
of dust and hit him squarely. Miller
was thrown half way across the course,
with a fractured skull. broken leg
and internal injuries The car which
had hit him was uninjured and swept
on down the course without stopping.
Spectators picked Miller up, and he
was rushed to the hospital at Mineola
for the amputation OF his leg
While the big cars were reeling or
the miles at better than seventy miles
an hour the smaller fry in the Wheat
ley Hills and Massapequa classes were
passing by almost unnoticed. making
laps In 13 and IA minutes. speed aver
| aging between 81 and 55 miles an hour.
| In the Wheatley Hills class No. Al,
driven by Pierce, led by margin over
Hinman in As Marmon.
| In the Massapequa class No. 81. Lam
cia, led, with No. 81, Cole, second.
The race continued thrilling in it's
rapidly changing aspects. one car gain
ing the lead one lap only to lose 1t
| again on the next.
Harry Grant in the No. rs Alec, win
ner OF last years Vanderbilt. who had
run steady and consistent race from
the first, maintaining an unchanged
pace of 65 to Sc miles an hour and
avoiding all sensational and spec
! tacular bursts. slowly crept into first
place. disloding Chevrolet, whom per
sistent hard luck seemed to follow.
For nine laps Chevrolet averaged 7317
miles an hour, but repeated stops to
change tires and adjust balky car
| bureter again and again set him back,
| The thirty-one initial starters in the
Vanderbilt had by this time been re-
duced to nineteen. eight In the Wheat
ley Hills had dwindled to four and the
FIVE in the Massapequa to three.
Death md Injury Continues.
The audience had not recovered from
the shock of the scores of accidents
when it was learned that car No 54
the Lancia, driven by William Knip-
per, had turned over at Massapequa
Lodge, where Knipper's left leg was
broken. His mechanician was unin.
jured.
Almost simultaneously came word tt
the grand stand that car No, 20, @
Marquette Buick. driven by Louis
Chevrolet, had left the course twS
1 into a touring car parked along the
roadway Chevrolet's mechanician
Charles Miller was instantly killed
Chevrolet and the occupants of the
touring car escaped with minor in.
1uries.
The list of casualties was further
swelled when the Abbott Detroit No
Sc, entered in the Massapequa class
struck telegraph pole near West
bury, throwing out v. Padula. tho
driver, as we'll as Mechanician Johr
Barber. and seriously injuring both