The Washington times., 1910-10-01
Contestants and Spectators
Crushed to Death on
Long Island.
COLUMBIA DRIVER
is BADLY INJURED
Harold Stone Crashes Into En-
bankment and Has Narrow
Escape From Death.

VANDERBILT CUP COURSE l. /.
oct i-Death staIIled or 10 the Van
deroilJ CuB course today and reaped
harvest which sent terror into the
hearts Of the SPECTATORS.
Ia the wake Of Grim Reaper who col
lected toll greater than ever before
eZacted IN the history Of sUtomcoHe
racing in the United States. there was
left bruised and wounded bodies IN ap-
paiiin'- numbers. and automobiles and
arnbulances were in constant service be
tween the fatal race track and the Mas
sca Hospital
Il did rot take the race officials and
racing enthusiasts long tc reach the
conclusion that the Vanderbilt Cup race
Of 1919 would 20 down in history as ons
Of the bloodiest and m5zt terrible IN the
history of the game.
Ihe men VINO risked -heir les BY
dr1-sl--- their hi=h-pover cars over the
course at terrific speed we're not ths
only Vfetirns o. tae 5av- Innocent spec
lstors- with never t7soagnt ~ injury.
were carried unconesiC5s 10 the hospital
unable TO tel how the had beea hart.
Killed On Way To Race
The first death OF the day came to
a man who vas racing 10 the course 10
see others hirt with death He vas
Ferdinand q d'Ziuva, New York MANAGER
Of the POpe-HaTtford Automobile Com
pany- D'Ziuva vas driving a biz tour
ing car carrying his wife and several
friends. With hundreds OF others 10
was racing along the WheatIv road 70
get good position az the track. n
some unknown maner he got of the
road while going at fun sped, ana his
car crashed into telegraph roIe
4 man named Summers assistant
manager in Hartford OF the PoDe-FFsrr-
ford COMPANY Edward H Brown an
emplCye Of the concern. a man named
Smith. the manager Of the Hartford es-
tablishment, Miss Holden. OF New York.
and two other passengers were in the
car Summers and Brown were Internal
" injured Smith and Miss Holden and
the two other passengers whose names
could not be learned. were severely
bruised. MIS-. D'ZiUba was found some
distance from the car with q broken
leg and other injuries. which IL Is feared
may prove fatal she was not told OF
her husbands 5 death
Message of Death.
The spectators IN the grandstand had
scarcely settled back in their seats after
the last car in the race had been sent
away when the special wires 10 The Of
hCiaI stand carried death message
The Columbia car. driven By Harold
Stone. OF Los Angeles. was rushing
down the course al a speed estimated
at close 10 eighty miles an hour The
speed was 50 great that the young
driver could not regain control OF his
machine As he reached the bridge at
Meadow brook the car plunged through
the side rails and dropped 10 a road
nifty feet below William Bacon, Stones
mecha5flc1an, was pinned beneath ths
machine and received injuries from
which he died a few moments arter Re
was carried TO the Nassau HOSPITAL
stone had one of his ieEs crushed 50
badly that II VIII be necessary TO an
putate u. but the surgeons who attend
ed him believe that he viii not re-
cover
There was Ereat confusion fr. the
grandstand when the accident To- the
Columbia was reported. Among tfIe
spectators was AIRS stone. the nine
teen-year-old bride OF the daring driver.
who IS only himself twenty-one years
old
Mrs Stone rode with her husband
and was confident hs would win rF7s
race TODAY. When news of the accident
10 the Columbia Was received a. the
Erandstand u was to the eject that
tIe meCnanlClan- was badly IN iureJ
Mrs Stone was carried from the Erauri-
stand faintinG- and II was rot until
some time later that she learned that
her husband might live
Mechanieian Killed.
The third death OF the race was
reported shortly before Grant fash
ed across the finish line In his AIcoi
car Louis Chevrolet. VINO was lead
ing IN a Buick eaTly in the race. Had
lost considerable ground He was
driving ike . madman to make up
lost ground and refused 20 throttle
down for curves or bad places in
the road On one of these curves
al HiCksvlIle Chevrolet was going
at an 0-miie-an-hOur clip He at
tempted TO negotiate the turn al
that speed and as "a result hiS car
swung wide and crashed into a
heavily loaded touring car Charles
Miller, ChevrOlet's msCbauician- was
riding low on the side OF the ear and