Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-09-12
GOING 90 MILES AN HOUR
|Shapeless Corpse Picked Up Al
most at Feet of Wife-Five
Others Dead and Six
Dying.


the new Newark moiordrome into a
crowd late this afternoon. causing the
death of six persons, including himself,
while six are dying and 10 are badly
injured.
At. ,,..e,,
night were 1iasha and Johnny Albright.
n Denver motorcychst. who was riding
third in the race. The other four dead
were boys and young men among the
spec Ia tors.
Five thousand spectators were Witness
Ing the finish of a four-mle free for
all race when the daring Texan rider,
doing % miles an hour. took his fateful
plunge. He was riding high on the bank
Of the track when the wheels Of his
heavy machine swerved and struck the
upper rail. He was pitched head first 80
feet into the air lie must have been
Instantly killed in the collision. His body
was shapeless from broken bones when
It was picked up almost at the feet of
his wife seated among men and boys
In the blcachers.
ALBRIGHT was thrown head first in the
ether direction, into the enclosure of the
track. when the champions wheel came
sliding down the steep bank and struck
him He wa picked up for dead. but he
lived in an unconscious state for moro
than two hours after removal to a hosni-
+al IIo finally succumbed to ben,orrhore
Of the lunrs
-
81 hO y lOhS YIN RAIL hOfI'
The spectators injured were mainly the
men and bows who were leaning over the
rail yelling encOuragempnt to the riders
when Hasha came tearing into their
midst Some of the spectators were
hurled high into the air and landed in the
1ans Of those seated behind. A scene Of
panic among the sDectators generally. fol-
lowed the tragedy.
Tho stadium whore tho accidert oc.
curved ,s in Vaush,rf, n suhurb ~ This
city, where bicycle and motorcycle racing
Rave been popular sports this year. The
season has been marked by number OF
accidents here and at Brighton Beach
New York, but never IN the history OF
local racing has such death list been
recorded as was to-day.
SIX riders started IN the free-for-all
which was the last event on the program
IT was handicap event with Hasha and
Ray seymour of Los Angeles an old
urofhe' ehch starting from scratch. Kay
fecK' ahother Los Angeles RIDER started
at the quarter mile marx and Albright
the Denver rider ana FRANK Nlng ana
John hlng OF Newark were each given
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a little how who had bee, ono Of th
most excited enthusiasts at the race
In addition to those injured as Hash,
was hurled against them, many per
sons fell and were trampled unde
foot in the first few seconds of a will
scramble among the spectators. Mrs
Hasha was sitting with Seymour
wife, chatting and laughing over tn
closeness of the race their husband
were running. Both women becam
historical after the tragedy and wer
removed to the city hospital for treat
ment.
Seymour kept control Of his machin,
Notwithstanding the excitement of tn
accident and was running to safct
when Hasha's wrecked machine cam
sliding down the track. The bank
of 5O-degree angle all the wa
around. Albright the first of the rea,
ward riders, who was making a gref
effort IN ovortoko tho ,oodarc NJ.