The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
SPECTATORS HURT
IN FALLING STAND
AT AUTO CONTEST
E-1
Nlea1 Tragedy at Elgin Causes
Several Minor Injuries, and
Races Are Halted.

Elgin. Ill. Aug. 2S.--A score OF per-
sons We're injured today. four seriously.
when sections "a to ITO of the road race
Erandstand collapsed. The accident
occurred only a few moments after the
last car in the Elgin cup race. driven
by Ralph Mulford, had gotten away.
Among the injured were Mrs. Ray
Graham, daughter Of Senator William
Lorimer and daughter-in-law OF An
drew Graham, recently a candidate for
mayor of Chicago, and Mrs. Charles
Coey, of Chicago, whose y was badly
bruised and whose ankle was twisted.
Mrs. Grahain's leg was broken. These
INJURIES, with two OF a similar nature.
We're the only ones that were serious.
Ine race was stopped at the end OF
the first lap. and those who were unable
70 walk were removed to the field hos
pital in ainbulances.
List Of the injured.
The injured are: John r. Delaney,
E!gin.@ ankle hsnlsea. NJ q :...@s
Mrs Ray Graham. daughter of sanater-
broken: H. j.. Sawyer, Joliet. hi. SON.
inlaw of Warden Murphy. of the penn
Tertiary. finger broken and knee
sprained; ". IT, Weber. Blu Island.
~ ankle sprained; N. II. Van sicklen,
Gnlcago, U about face and legs, Mrs.
sranlklin Sorn, Elgin, ankle sprained;
5. A. c.. Barclay. Elgin. eye cut. Mrs.
~. =. Valentine, Chicago, knee
twisted; Mrs. j. breckenridge, Chicago.
ankle sprained; Mrs. II. J. Noble. Ell;
gin, ankle sprained.
Mrs. III. S. Hamlin, Elgin. back h,,rt
unable to walk.
side injured.
Harry Olson. chief justice municipal
court OF Chicago, his wife and son, all
slightly hurt.
Mrs. William schweinn, Chicago.
head and body cut.
Ada Milton, Elgin, head cut.
FREQ McNally, Chicago, cuts and
bruises.
Mrs. Fred McNally, head cut.
Seats Made Hastily.
milford had reached the back stretch
when the accident occurred. 1.-THE seats
Which fell We're of the kind known "a
circus" and We're hastily completed
yesterday by the Cleveland, Ohio. con-,
tractor who had, furnished them to the
recent aviation meet. The stringers on
which the seats rested had been nailed
to the pilings, instead of being anchored
and the strain OF the crowd Of yester-
day and today proved too heavy a bur-
den. The whole mass sunk and the
occupants of the seats We're thrown In
a huddle IN the middle.
AS the stand collapsed. q hush fell
oNel Tie Helu, pul WHEN WoTU WIS meg
aphoned Nobody Killed. there were
cheers and hand clapping.
Those uninjured secured other seats
or stood to the fence lining the course
and the race was resumed at 1.5o
o'clock, after d delay of so minutes.
Ten Cars Enter Race.
Ten cars, driven by some of the best
known drivers in the country, started
in the 3o5 mile road race for the TIlgin
cup today.
Harry f. Grant, In an Alec. was first
away at II O'Clock. The others fol-
lowed at half minute Intervals in the
following order:
Len zengel, National; Dave Buck.
Pope-Hartford: Spencer Wishart.
Simplex; Frank Lee, Alec; John D.
Aitken, National; Harry Hartman. AL
co; Hugh Hughes, Mercer; Ralph De
Palma. Simplex; Ralph Milford, Log
Ter.
A. J. Banta, clerk of the course, in
spected the route just before the starr
n reported that the crowd of spec
tators numbered close to 10000 per-
sons.