Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-09-14
I DEAD IN MOTOR
CYCLE RACE
Eddie HaSha Crashes Into
Crowded BIeaChorS.
GOING 90 MILES AN HOUR
Driver Was Instantly Killed and 9th.
ers Had No Chance to Escape.
Twenty Others Injured.

Twenty Others Injured.
Seven persons were killed and about
twenty others badly injured. some
OF whom II is believed will die. when a
motorcycle speeding at nincty-two
miles an hour around the motordrome
In 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's wife saw the accident 70
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 rem.
dered unconscious and died In the hos.
pltal.
Mrs. Albright. with her two chill
dren. who were seated In the grand
stand. close by the scene of the acci.
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
ambulance with him to the City hos
pital.
The accident created panic among
mad rush to get out of the way OF the
cycle hundreds of men and women
trampled over each other
Many OF them were badly bruised
and cut. but none of them was seri.
ously injured
ule. was four-mile free.for.all In
which six contestants started. They
were Eddie Ilasha. Ray Seymour. OF
Los Angeles. Cal. who were on
scratch: John Albright. OF Denver.
Colo: Ray Peck. of Los Angeles. Cal,
who had quarter OF mile handi
cap; John King. OF Newark. and his
brother. Frank King. OF Denver. Colo.
who had half mile handicap.
The accident occurred on the sec.
ond lap OF the race. Seymour and
Hasha were going neck and neck as
they turned into the stretch As they
approached the bleachers Seymour
forged ahead of his opponent. Sud
denly Hasha's machine was seen to
shoot up the side OF the almost per.
pendicular track. AT the end of this
part of the track. directly In front OF
the bleachers. there are three perpen
dicular boards and then three feet Of
wire netting. intended to prevent any
OF the riders from riding into the
crowd in the bleachers.
over these the flying cycle sped.
with Hasha still in the seat As the
machine won't over the wire netting
1t struck the big plank overhanging
from the bleachers. and Hasha was
hurled against 1t headfrst and killed
instantly. The body of the rider was
hurled into the mob of spectators. who
had been unable TO get out OF the way,
killing three OF them outright and In.
Turing about twenty others.
The machine. after striking the
plank. bounded back upon the track
just as Albright came flying along on
his machine. lie was travelling so fast
that he was unable TO get out OF its
way and he crashed into II and was
hurled out upon the road
He landed in heap and slid along
the track for several yards and lay
there unconscious.
The red flag was used against the
other riders. and they slowed down MS
soon as possible and left the track.
the race remaining unfinished.
The spectators became panicky and
were running around wildly for sew
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