The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-09

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 Newark, N. J., September s.-Eddie Hasha of Waco, Tex, holder of several worlds records for motorcycle racing, plunged over the rail of the course at the Newark motordrome into crowd late this afternoon, causing the death of six persons including himself. while six are dying and 1s are badly injured.
 The only two of the six dead positive ly identified up to late hour tonight were Hasha and Johnny Albright, a Denver motorcyclist who was riding third in the race. The other four dead were boys and young men among the spectators
 Five thousand spectators were witness ing the finish of a four mile free for all race when the daring Texan rider doing 92 miles an hour. took his Hateful plunge. He was riding high on the bank of the track when the wheel of his heavy machine swerved and struck the upper rail. He was pitched head first 90 feet into the air. He must have
 
 Fell at Wife's Feet
 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 bleachers.
 Albright was thrown head first in the other direction into the enclosure of tue track when the champions wheel came sliding down the steep bank and struck him. He was picked up for dead but he lyed ih all unconscious sta te aAor more titan two hours after removal to a hos pital. He finally succumbed to hem orrhage of the lungs.
 The spectators injured were mainly the men and boys who were leaning over the rail yelling encouragement to the riders when Hasha came tearing into their midst. Some of the specta- tors were hurled high into the air and landed in the laps of those seated be- hind. A scene of panic among the spec tators generally followed the tragedy
 The stadium where the accident oc- cured is in Vailsburg. suburb of this city. where bicycle and motorcycle rao- ing have been a great fad this year The season has been marked by a mum Der of accidents, both here and at Brighton Beach, N. Y, but never in the history of local racing has such a casu- alty list been recorded as was today.
 Was Handicap Event
 Six riders started in the free-for-all which was the last event on the pro- gramme. If was handicap event with Hasha and Ray Seymour of Los Ange- les. an old rival, for premier track Peck, another Los Angeles rider start ed at the quarter mile mark and AL bright, the Denver rider, and Frank King and John King of Newark were each given two full laps handicap. The track is a quarter mile and circu- lar.
 At the crack of the pistol Hasha leaped ahead of Seymour After six rounds of the course, during which his rival had eaten his smoke, the pair evened up and in another lap Seymour passed Hasha with a terrific burst of speed. By varying margins, Seymour kept the lead until the last lap. The railing was lined four deep. with the men and boys urging Hasha to over take his rival.
 Just at the commencement of the last lap the champion tried to satisfy the crowd by desperate effort. The leader ran high on the track. leaving a narrow space for Hasha to pass, but the latter tried it. It was then that he struck the rail. Whether he really lost control of the machine or merely misjudged the nearness of his run to the rail- is a matter of dispute among the witnesses.
 The sprocket of Hasha's wheel was loosened by the collision and went sail ing into the crowd Witnesses say that it literally tore off the skull of little boy who had been one of the most excited enthusiasts at the race. In addition to those injured as Hasha was hurled against them many persons xI few seconds of a wild scramble among the spectators
 Seymour Was Cool
 Seymour kept control of his ma chine notwithstanding the excitement and was riding to safety when Hashas wrecked machine came sliding down the track. The bank is of fifty de- gree angle all the way around. AL bright, the first of the rearward riders who was making great effort to over take the leaders was struck by the Hasha machine and received fatal in- juries. He went over into a heap in the enclosure while his machine ran riderless for a hundred feet or more.
 Of the injured spectators ten were uncoiscious when aid reached them Two died before reaching the operating table at the hospital and two others al the surgeons were about to work over them.
 Mrs Hasha was sitting with Sey- mour's wife, chatting and laughing over the closeness of the race their hus- hands were running when the acci- dent occurred. Both women became hys- terical after the tragedy and were re- moved to the city hospital for treat ment.
 Hasha sprang into fame as a motor cyclist at Los Angeles last February when he was given credit for new rec ords in the one, two. three and four mile events On the Newark track last month he bettered the mile record again traveling the distance in 3S 2-5 see- onds.
 One of the dead was identified tonight ns Edward Fischer. + years old, or this fity.
 Two of the probably fatally injured are