Milford chronicle., 1912-09-13
7 DEAD IN MOTOR
CYCLE RACE
Eddie HaSha Crashes Into
Crowded BIeaChefS
GOING % MILES An HOU8
Driver Was Instantly Killed and 9th
ers Had No Chance to Escape.
Twenty Others Injured.

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Seven persons were killed and about
twenty others badly injured, some
uf whom it is believed will die. when a
motorcycle speeding at ninety-two
lniles an hour around the mOtOrdrOme
ln Newark. n. j.. got beyond the con
troll Of the driver and crashed into the
bleachers.
The driver OF the motorcycle. Ed
die Hasha, twenty.one years old. OF
Waco, Texas. was instantly killed
when the machine struck a huge
plank John Albright. another rider,
is dead.
The other dead are Edward Fisher.
William Barber two unidentified boys,
unidentified man
Hasha wife saw the accident to
her husband and she tainted as she
saw the machine go up the perpendicu
lar track directly in front of the
bleachers and drive up against the
plank. Hasha was hurled against the
plank and nearly every bone in his
body was broken.
The machine. free Of its rider. then
bounded back to the track and struck
John Albright. Of Denver. Colo. an
other rider in the race, and hurled
him from his machine He was ron
dered unconscious and died in the hos
pital
Mrs. Albright with her two chill
dren. who we're seated in the grand
stand, close by the scene Of the acct I
dent, became hysterical as her hus-
band was hurled from his machine and .
was one of the first persons to reach
him after the spill She remained with
him all the time and rode in the auto
with him to the City hos
1ital.
The accident created a panic among
he spectators at the track. and in the
mad rush to get out of the way OF the
'ycle hundreds Of men and women
ramped over each other
Many Of them were badly bruised
md cut, but none Of them was serl
usly injured
The race. the last Of the days sched-
lie, was a fOurmile free .ror-au. in
which six contestants started They
lere Eddie Hasha, Ray Seymour. Of
.Os Angeles, Cal who were Oh
cratch John Albright, OF Denver.
'olo; Ray Peck, OF Los Angeles, Cal.
Tho had quarter of a mile handi-
ap; John King. OF Newark. and his
rOther, Frank King, of Denver, Colo,
mo had a half mile handicap
The accident occurred on the sec
nd lap of the race. Seymour and
asha were going neck and neck as
ley turned into the stretch As they
DprOached the beachers Seymour
,rged ahead of his opponent sud
emily Hasha's machine was seen %
lo)t up the side OF the almost per
track. At the end Of this
art OF the track. directly in front Of O
e bleachers there are three perpen- {
cular boards and then three feet of 2
ire netting. intended to prevent any o
the riders from riding into the a
owd in the bleachers.
Over these the flying cycle sped. L
ith hasha still in the seat As the a
achine went over the wire netting b
struck the big plank oyerhanging v
ON the bleachers and Hasha was
lrled against it headArst and killed %
stantiy The body OF the rider was 5
lrled into the mob Of spectators, who
Id been unable to get out OF the way. C
ling three OF them outright and in o
ring about twenty others. o
The machine. after striking the 81
ank. bounded back upon the track 7
st as Albright came flying along On
S machine He was travelling SO fast -
at he was unable to get out Of its =
~ and he crashed into it and vas u
rled out upon the road
He landed in a heap and slid along
e track for several yards ami lay
ere unconscious. VI
The red flag was used against the
her riders, and they slowed down as an
on as possible and left the track. -,
e race remaining unfinished &
The spectators became panicky AMI q
re running around wildly for sey. {
Al minutes afterwards 4
d.