Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-11
AlbertFuchs, Young sMechanician,
Instantly Killed at Sa-
Yannah Meeting.
AUro ssWE { " e, FROM ROAD.
nan Into Barbcd Wire Fcnce-Causct
or Disaster Rcmalns n
Mystery.

Savannah, Ga, Nov. TO- Speed mania
cost Its first toll of life in the grand
prize automobile race today. Albert
Fuchs. young lnechanicinn, met in
slant death. and w. H. Sharp. driver
end owner Of the car. bearing his name,
was seriously injured when the power
full machine swerved from the road and
crashed into n barbed wire fence.
Sharp had his car on the course for
practise. He had made several laps a t
high speed when the accident 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 any light upon II,
and he is lying in hospital unable to
make a statement.
THEORY OF ACCIDENT. Z. 4.
One theory Is that Sharp took curve
on.the back stretch at too high a speed,
thus losing control. Another, is that a
tire blew out. causing the driver to
lose control. The latter theory is
supported by the fact that the left
front tireswaa stripped from the wheel.
For so feet along the side of the road
the car plowed Its way, then leaping
ditch. struck a small tree. Seeming
~ the tree, though bent to earth and
swept Its entire length by the machine.
impeded Its course but little. A few
yards further the car struck a thick
post of a barbed wire fence. The car
sped on. knocking down many posts
ma tangling posts and wires in It's
mechanism and about its wheels.
It was this tangle of wires that final
~ brought the car TO a standstill. first
throwing It into the mir for a somer-
1t ives thrown.
Fuchs struck upon his head. Sharp
fell clear, but apparently sustained In
juries to his stomach by striking
against the steering wheel. When n
flagman on the course and two convicts
who were working on the road at the
point where the accident occurred, ran
found Fuohs dead and Sharp helpless. Z
Efforts we're made to flag other rae
Ing cnrs as they sped by in practise,
but without result until word was tele--
phoncd to the grand staiid. several
miles away. Then two OF the racers
stopped on reaching the scene and
brought the body % Fuchs to the grand
stand. sa Z1sll Il Y. s
FUCHS HAD 8PREMoNIT1oN.
Fuchs, "a years old. lived In Trenton.
MI. Men at the Sharp. training camp
say he had n premonition that the
course held danger for him today. He
sought to be relieved from duty. but no
substitute WAS at hand. Those about
the car as lie started with Sharp made
light OF his fears. and his driver sought
to steadyEthe young mans nerves by
giving him instructions to be followed
as they drove.
Hold on to this oil can all the time,
Sharp said. Don't let 1t get out OF
your hands When call for oil, let her Ter
have IT,
EImbedded In the ground in the pool
of blood that marked the spot where
Fuchss skull was crushed. was found
the oil can. I'D
sharp Is manufacturer and driver.
His accident eliminates him and his
car. from the grand prize race. IN when
he had drawn first place for the start.
The meet will open at 10 o'clock TO-
morrow, with seven entrants IN the Sa
ynnnnh challenge cup race. The COM
pctitors will start at 30-second inter-
t1is. to be followed an hour later BY
the eight starters In the Tledeman
trophy race. ,' ~