Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-02
Wealthy Young Auto Driver
J Killed at Milwaukee When
Car Travelling Ninety Miles
an Hour Casts Tire,
ONE OF ENTRANTS IN
VANDERBILT CUP RACE
Tuning Up for Contest at Time
of Fatal Crash; Had Won
Many Victories, Including
Two Grand Prix Events.
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Milwaukee. Wis. Oct. l.-Davit
| Bruce Brown. wealthy young New
| York sportsman, was killed, and his
! mechanician. Tony Scudalari, was IA.
| tally injured on the new Wauwatosa
automobile road course today on the
eve of the eighth running Of the Van.
! derbilt cup race.
| Bruce Brown was driving his high
/, powered Fiat car at ninety-mile an
hour speed when a rear left tire blew
out The heavy car swerved into a
ditch and IA second later men and ma
chine We're catapulted diagonally
across the road and into Il field with
great force. The men were thrown
clear of the car, which was hurled
high in the air and then smashed into
a heap of wreckage.
Bruce Browns skull was fractured,
his left leg broken and he suffered in
ternal injuries. surgeons said that
death resulted directly from hem
orrhage OF the brain. The top of
Scudalari's skull was crushed. his
right arm broken and his body seri-
ously torn.
Bruce Brown died at a hospital
three hours after the accident. having
partially regained consciousness for a
few minutes. Surgeons had trepanned
his skull on both sides In an unavail-
ing effort.sto save his life. The hos
pital authorizes withheld news Of
Bruce Browns death for an hour
Bruce Brown. according to his
friend, Caleb Bragg, met death in Il
desperate effort to keep his swerving
car on the comparatively narrow
roadway after the explosion OF the
tire Bragg said the course was dam
gerously narrow He asserted that
Bruce Brown could have saved him.
self under similar conditions on Il
wider road. Exceptions, however.
were taken to this statement by Of
ficers OF the Milwaukee Automobile
Dealers association, under whose au-
spices the races are to be held.
The accident was Unavoidable" I"
Referee a. II. Pardington said. "and
the track was in no wise to blame. II
is in excellent condition. The casting
of the tire would have upset any ma
chine travelling at that speed, no mat
ter how excellent the course
The wreck occurred while Bruce
Brown was racing few yards be-
hind Teddy Tteziaff in second Fiat
car. Bruce Brown had just driven
the fastest lap of the days tuning up
trials and had set new record of
Tive minutes. fifty-thrcc and eight |
tenths seconds for the 1888 mile
He was endeavoring to better /
this record and had just attempted to
pass Ttezlaff when the crash came.
Bruce Brown had been in Milwau-
kee two hours and twenty minutes
when the accident occurred. He was I
greatly interested in preparing for
Grand Prix race, the only
went In which he was entered. He
1ad won the American Grand Prix
vice al savannah, and he had hoped
o win again this year. which would
nave MADE him permanent holder of
he American Grand Prix cup.
Although only % years old, Bruce
3rown was one of the best known au-
omobile drivers in the country. He
'egan racing in 1907, winning his
iovice race at the Empire City track.
n 1908 he ran away from school and
cted as mechanician for the late
Cedrno at Ormonti Beach,
fla. Here Bruce Brown lroke the
ne-mile amateur straiehtaway record
Ieid by William *. Vanderbilt Jr. /
he youngsters time being 3s 3-5 tcc- !
nds.
. The same year he won the Shingle {
ill climb at New Haven, Conn, and
n 1905 lowered his amateur mark to
3 flat ut ormond Beach, Fla, while
e also won the Sir Thomas Dewar
up and broke the worlds fen-mile
ira aightaway record. He won the ,
iiants Despair Hill climb the same I
eason. /,
In 1911 he was third In the 500 I
lille race at indianapolis. His two I
lost brilliant victories were the |
rand Prix races at Savannah in 1910 [
nd 1911. The former he won with a
enz car and last seasons with the n
ime Fiat In which he met death. ini IS
ne French Grand Prix this year ,
ruce- Brown won the first leg of the Ia
yo days event and finished third. a
ut was disqualified for taking on n
asolnc outside regular station.
In 1910 he turned professional in
rder to drive with fast company.