Arizona republican., 1911-11-10
.HANSHUE HURT IN
 HAIR RAISING DRIVE
HIS INJURIES THOUGH PAINFUL
 ARE NOT DANGEROUS.
Fred Fuller Moved Down a Section of the Fence and De Vona
 Perched Upon 1t.

Harris Hanshue one of the oldest and best automobile race drivers in the west. and withal one of the most popular men in the game. almost miraculously escaped death yesterday afternoon at the race track when his machine crashed through the fence on the last turn before the stretch in the last event of the automobile program, the handicap race. Hanshue was found lying on the ground un conscious and it was feared at first that he was fatally injured. but he was placed in the ambulance quickly and given first aid" attention, which restored him to consciousness before he left the grounds. He was taken directly to the Sisters hospital where an inventory of his injuries resulted in the announcement that while he was fearfully battered up he was nor even dangerously hurt He suffered severe wound on the head, the spraining of one hip and was bruised all over but there was no internal injury He was cheerful last night and was reported as doing we'll
 Hanshue was driving a Mercer car and was in second place. striving to pass the National driven by Swanson. He had been creeping up during the preceding mile or two. watching for his opportunity. which seemed to have arrived. but the National was edging toward the outside of the track and as Hanshue approached the lane be-
 tween the National and the outer fence narrowed too greatly. The Mercer's wheels hit a post and the crash came. The car swerved into the fence and moved it down for Il distance coming to a standstill with its radiator badly smashed. The grand stand noted the accident instantly though it occurred in a cloud of dus- for all eyes were on the contest. and the cry went up that Hanshue was killed. The ambulance, truck, and hundreds of people rushed to the scene The race was not stopped for it was then in the ninth mile of a ten-mile event. but some of the driv- CTS naturally slowed up, and a mo- ment later the racing for the day was over.
 News of the accident was flashed tc Los Angeles but in a few minutes other messages treasured Hanshue's friends on the coast that he was not killed and would probably recover. Ii is said some one wired Mrs. Han shue. who fainted on receipt of the news but was quieted by later in- formation.
 Luck seemed to be against the Mercer cars all the way through. The Mercer was one of those strand ed on the desert in the road race and yesterday both the Mercers met with disaster. Hanshue drove a yellow one and the other was a Ted one driven by Fred Fuller. In the nine Fullers car tore down the outer fence at the south end of the track and was out of the running. The car was badly wrecked but Fuller made more marvellous escape even than Hanshue. He was thrown clear of the wreckage and landed on the hard hard ground with nothing worse than a jar. After carefully looking himself over he could not find scratch and walked back to the grand stand, rather proud of his acrobatic stunt.
 Yesterday seemed to be a day set apart by Fate for punching surprises and unusual proceedings. While the crowd was rushing toward the wreck of Hanshue's car. De NOna. the wom- an belloonist, not unnerved by the accident and still uniformed as to the result of it, started on her voy- aye into the ether in her daily tempt ing of Providence. and in the general direction popularity supposed to be necessary to bring ones self nearer tC the throne of the ruler of all things The balloon went up beauti- fully but the smoke supply was scant or the air heavier than usual. It did not ascend high enough to make parachute jump safe and the daring girl calmly held her place until the big bag settled. It came down slowly ir front of the grand stand, the aero naut alighting on the picket fence alongside the judges stand and jump ing to the ground, a hundred men had vacated on her approach. The balloon tipped over on the grand stand until relieved of its weight,