Evening journal., 1912-01-25
ONE KILLED, SEVERAL HURT
WHEN RAGING AUTOS HIT
Malcolm Frazer, Driving New Car Through Sharon
Hill With Friends, Fatally Injured as Car Upseis.
Auto Party Drive Away After Collision.
Hunting for Missing Man.

When two racing automobiles came
together at Sharon Hill. Pa, above
Chester. with a crash that could be
heard for blocks last night at S.25
O'clock, E. Male I'm Frazer, of Newark,
Del, was killed, two persons were
badly hurt and a fourth ran wildly
out over the fields apparently crazed
by his injuries. The latters identify
is unknown and search is being made
for him. The car that caused the
disaster put on even greater speed
and disappeared toward Philadelphia,
its identity unknown.
Frazer was the owner of the cas
which he had bought only two days
before. He was 25 years old and a
son of Eben B. Frazer. a druggist. of
Newark He was so badly crushed
that he lived but a few minutes.
Frazer inherited 100000 two months
ago from a brother, Joseph. a civil
engineer, who, after making a for
tune in railroad building in Bolivia,
died there about six months ago.
Harry Twyford, aged 35, a chauf-
feur of Newark was badly cut and
bruised, as was Harry V. Coombs of
Sharon Hill, tir salesman, who
Joined the party in Wilmington. Levy
Courtman Daniel Thompson. of New
ark. was not with the party. but
earlier in the day he had demon
strated to Frazer how TO operate the
automobile. He was home when the
accident occurred
Those who saw the smash wonder
ft, nf,
Cd instantly The fourth man who ran
off had been picked mp at Chester to
point out the way to Philadelphia and
was not known to the others IN the
auto. Just how badly he was hurt IS
not known, as he had not been located
up to noon today.
The fu' II OF Mr.. Frazer will be
held on ay evening, with services
I'm First Presbyterian Church, Newark
at o'clock Interment will be private
Just Got the Auto.
Frazer bought his automobile, a
fully equipped Cadillac for which he
paid $4,000, from the Grantley p Pos
ties Garage on Monday night. Yester-
day afternoon Levy Courtman Daniel
Thompson. of Newark. who also has q
Cadillac, came to Wilmington witt
Mr. Frazer and showed him how tC
operate the car Mr.. Thompson rode
with Frazer back to Newark late il
the afternoon. and left him in posses
sion of the car Later Frazer got Harry
Twyford, a chauffeur. and planned t'
20 to Philadelphia. They stopped a
the Postlos Garage about z O'Clock
Harry v Coombs. of Sharon Hill
agent for the United States Tire Com
pany who had just closed a contrac
with Colonel Postles, was there at III
time and accepted Mr.. Frazer's invi
tation to go along in the auto 4
Sharon Hill instead Of by train. II
Chester they picked up young maj
to show them the route to Philadel
phia.
Crash During Race.
lust outside Chester, Frazer's ca
got into a speed brush with
limousine car also going to Phil
adelphia. Along the Chester pix
they dashed, sometimes side by side
! As they were about in front of tn
home Of f. j. Hogan, just south q
Sharon Hill, where some loose ston
had been spread, the unknown ca
suddenly attempted to shoot past bu
It struck the hub of one of the wheel
ut the Frazer car. There was a crasl
wild cries. Twyford. who was driving
iammed on the emergency brake. Mex