The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-10-05
Anid hs Dead ana Dying he Great
Racing Auto Cars Tear On.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
And Many Wounded in the Wander
built Cup Race On Blooo Stained
CourSe-The Accidents Ca.>:n-, :,
the Death Of Two OF the Ii'tIn'>
c-..<:nD.Y ~, rho E>Nsrt,n,e
Sensational in the Extreme.

At Long island Parkway. y. y.
Saturday four killed and 20 seriously
injured, three OF them probably "a
tally. vas the price in human .t:"
paid for the sixth running OF the
vanderbu!lt cup race. won in esec;r'-
fyins fashion by Harry Grant. dr.
ing 1e0 horsepower A!co.
Grant. who distinguished himse!f
las, year by finishing first in the atih
vanderbuil,.. won soday.s even; troc,
Joe Dawson. driving Yarmouth. o%
the narrow margin Of 2o Seconcs
John A;tken. in the National. was
OILY a minute and SIX seconds behind
Dawson.
The race was the mos: hotiy coz
tested Of any CT the Vanderbilt c1.'
races. and with the TWO small! car
events run as a unit with II. the
Waea.ley Hi sweepstakes and the
MaSsapeQua trophy brought out j
record Of number OF starters.
The time Of the three first race
cars finishing in the main event sr:-
passed the best time ever made n
an American road race. Grant. by
>oyering 21S.oS miles Of the course
IN 4 hours, 1e minutes and oS sec
onds, equivalent 20 an average OF %
is miles and hour. established a
new American record.
But rs brilliant as was the per
Torrance OF the three WHINE an"
as thrilling as the race itself. the
horror caused by the who!esai'
manning and killing which attend
ed il cast such deep shadow owe!
spectators. participants and the man
agenent that the crowd dispersed
under a pail Of sorrow.
TIE accidents that caused two ci
the there deaths recorded were seq
sational IN the extreme The fcSi
occurred when the Colum bia car
driven by Harold Stone. SUDDEN!
burs. a tire at the approach OF the
cement bridge crossing the Westhur!
road and. becoming unmanaseaole
plunged over the parapet- The gsea'
machine went over twice in midai'
and landed on its side. crushing o@
the life Of Matthew Bacon. Stone
mechaaician. who was caught 2Hde'
il Stone himself sustained frac
lures to both legs and internal il
iurses, from which 1t is doubtful i
he will recover.
The killing Of Louis Chevrolet:
meckanician. Charles Miller. came q:
the climax Of mad attenp, OF Caer
rclet TO gain a.Ieao lost through FIRE
eueat tire troubles. The DARN.
French driver. Who. earlier in ths
race haa reeled Of round otter roune
at 73 l-2 miles an hour. hurdled !
bad run in the back stretched witt
fell power on. and. landing on three
wheels only. found his car zig-zag
ging from side to side. unrespoasiS;
to its steering gear AS shrek O.
horror sounded from the hundred
assembled at the spot. the car p!uns
ed into fence and swept it away
Ike so much paper. then piowee
deep into a passenger laden TOURING
car unoored on tae side Of the road.
The impact was terrific aad tA'
occupants OF the touring car wer'
tossed high in the air All ESCAPED
death. however. but Miller wa:
caught in the wreckage and instant
II killed. Chevrolet owes his lit'
to the s:aunchness Of mis- steerin:
wheel. upon which he kept a Arm
hold to the end. He was pulled ou
Of the debris with nothing more ser
Sous than broken arn-
The third death OF the day die
not occur on the course. but in ar
accident en- route to the race. Fer
dinand D'Zubia an automobile man
was the victim. His wife had ho:t
legs broken in the smashup.
The fourth death was that Of Ed
ward Lynch. who died at a hospita
&s q result Of injuries received wher
he was run down after the race.
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