Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-09
7 KILLED AT
MOTORDROME
Machine Going 81 Miles an
Hour Crashes Into Crowd
of Spectators.
EDDIE HASHA IS VICTIM
Many Injured in the Hospi-
tails Some of Whom Are
Likely to Die.
Specisl bU United Press Wire.

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Newark, Sept. 9:-The death toll re-
sulting from yesterdays accident az
the Motordrome was increased today
by the death Of Charles E. Williams,
who died in the city hospital today.
This increased the death total to seven,
and several others are not expected to
recover.
Eddie Hasha was trying to regain a
lead he had lost when the accident hap
pened. He rode far up on the track,
which Is built at an angle of sixty de-
grees He sped for hundred feet along
the wire netting between him and the
lower parts Of the bodies of the spec
tators. Then smashing through this he
rode for the length of tier Of seats
across the faces and chests Of specta-
tors. -Four of the spectators were killed
outright or died later. Hasha himself
chine, falling to the track below, was
run into by John Albright, of Denver, an
other racer, who died in a hospital
Twenty spectators were injured.
| The dead besides Williams mentioned
above, are:
Eddie Hasha Of Texas killed out
right.
John Albright of Denver, died in the
German hospital.
Edward Fischer, seventeen years old,
415 Thirteenth avenue; died in City
hospital.
Thomas Foehner, fourteen years old,
139 Sixteenth avenue.
One unidentified boy about sixteen
years old, killed outright.
| Unidentified pan about twenty one
years old, died in City hospital.
! HAsha was catapulted in his machine
and instantly killed, and Johnny AL
bright, known as the Brighton Beach
motordrome star, was SO seriously in
jured by collidlng with Hasha's wreck
ed machine that he died from his In
turies In the German hospital. All the
other dead and the most seriously hurt
were spectators in the bleachers, who
were craning their heads over the
guard rails and caught the full force
of Hasha's motorcycle.
The event in which the accident oc
| Cured was the last and the thirteenth
race Of the day. 1t was free for all
four mile handicap, sixteen times
around the track, and the fatalities oc-
Cured on the fourth lap. Those In the
race with Albright and Hasha were
Ray Seymour Of Los Angeles, Harry
Peck Of Los Angeles, Frank King Of
Denver, ana John King Of Newark.
Rivalry Between Contestants.
The track Is banked at an angle OF
sixty degrees all the way around, begin
ming at the running board. The top Of
the bank was guarded with plain
plank upright edge, two feet and one
half high, on the top OF which Is
screen fence supported by posts
short distance apart.
There was much interest in the last
race of the day, and the friends OF the
several contestants were cheering Wild
| ly and loudly as soon as the race got
under way. 1t was known that there
was much rivalry between Hasha and
Seymour, and this rivalry had become
intensified because each had won the
heat in q two mile event earlier In the
| afternoon. 1ue uuai hcut VI ehAS law
was won by Hasha, with less than
foot to spare, and under the rules 1t
WAS declared a dead heat because a
race must be won by at least foot.
Hasha whizzed out Of the bunch as
the racers started and led for the first
three laps. In the fourth, as he was
coming down the stretch toward the
grund stand, Seymour spurted and
succeeded In passing Hasha. 1t was
then noticed that something Was
troubling Hasha.
Loses Control Of Machine.
Opinions differ as to the real cause
of the mlshap, but everybody soon rea-
lized that he had lost control Of bis
machine when the motorcycle shot up
the steep incline going at the rate Of
fully ninety miles an hour, climbed
the rail in front of the bleachers, shot
along the wire netting. There was 4
CRY Of horror from the bleacherites AZ
Hasha left the track and many IN the
front seats craned their necks far out
over the guard rail-.
The wheels OF the 100 pound machine
ran over their necks and they fell back
into their seats unconscious. In an
instant everything was in an uproar,
but the heavy motorcycle kept on and
crashed into one Of the electric light
supports. The impact was 20 terrific
that the machine was shattered and
the forward part shot into tho grand
stand adjoining the bleachers.
Stories Of eye witnesses vary ~ to
Just exactly what happened. Many
said that Hasha's body was forcibly
projected into the grand stand: others
claim that he was tossed on to the
door Of the blsachers. It 30 happened
that Mrs. Hasha, wife Of the dead
motorcycle man. had but short ums
before left hsr seat In the grand stand
and Just missed seeing her husband
killed.
When the machine struck the post
the rear part with its engine rolled
down tbs saucsr-Hks track. Albright
fc>ontsnuad an paRA III -.