The evening world., 1913-07-31
HOVER QF flame |
KILLS 4 At RACE;
kAN|c.SE|zES
Flying Motorcycle With Tank
.Bnrst Dashes Into Crowd,
! Spreading Burning Oil.
CAUGHT IN FIERY PIT.
Police Chief Draws Pistol to
Stop Mad Rush in Motor
drome Near Cincinnati.
CAUGHT IN FIERY PIT.

OF d racing inOtoTcNCie INTO
IA at the Motordrome OF the Lud-
lagoon. a summer resort. opposite
fnnati. last night. As the machine
he'd through a guard rail and a
Sc cen behind which sixty per-
were sitting, the gasoline tank Of
motorcycle exploded. hurting a
Ter OF liquid fire on the crowd.
THE DEAD.
Is JOHNSON. thirty-hve years
Salt Lake City, Utah; motorcycle
tLIAM DAVIS. Ave years old.
low. Ky.
SEDtnNRY ANDREWS. fifteen years.
knlnnat.
fXnfhe. WILLIAM MICHAELs. thirty
soss. Ludlow. Ky.
MISS ETHEL BUCHANAN. twenty
PEARS. Covington. Ky.
JAMES CARTER. thirty years. Gin
kinrati.
~ WILLIAM PATTERSON. thirty
I, nine, Cincinnati.
u Several OF the score or more who
were burned when the burning oil was
\thrown over them or injured In the
hnic that followed the accident are In
critical condition and are not expect.
Ned to live.
n Asmachine being ridden In race un.
2Asr the auspices OF the American League
Of Motorcycle Clubs. which also has
trocks In Cleveland, Detroit. Chicago
aad 81. Louis. became uncontrolla BILE
when It struck another machine and
IN! of the track into a section of the
bad occupied by spectators.
kodin johnson. the rider. tried to make
y new twenty-f ive-m!nute record. Five
Hcusand men. women and children wers
A top Of the saucer TO see II done.
Anson had told his wife the present
c6rd would be broken and he would
the man to break It. Mrs. johnson
4 IN the front row and saw him 20 to
- death.
EAward Gabanna. the italian cham.
pion, was leading the race. johnson at
IL start had trouble with his machine
- had fallen to the rear. With q
mighty squirt he forged to the front.
isn't he great?" exclaimed young Mrs
johnson as her husband overlook his
"a heading rival. The next moment her
sxnltation gave way to se'eam OF
'horror that was echoed by 5000 voices.
Il An passing Gabanna Johnson's front
whssf struck the near wheel Of Ga
anna's motorcycle. Johnson tried
vainly to save himself and right ths
klmachine.
PLANNING GASOLINE sHoWERec
ON CROWD.
Dut II swerved to the right and hi
ashed through a guard rail and q
hwy screen where sixty spectator.
IRE sitting. The gasoline tank ex
soded and new into the crowd.
In of blue flame fell on the specta
re. Some started to run. but thu
= Caught them. Where the sixty has
Il was q pit of fire. in which men
omen and children fought for thei
Ss.
Meath WAS taking its feast out Of tn
kucer. II had It's victims well penne
Escape was through tunnel Som
them tried to reach it. The flame.
by gasoline. sped after them an
q them OF.
y<Nomen tainted. Some men ran ava
hting through the crowd. owners q
u tonobiles. panic stricken, jumped In
their machines and tried to das
~ for no reason whatever.
sFEffe Chief Griffin of Coyngton. Ky.
bk a position In the middle of tn
IA. revolver in hand. and cried
MyI'u shoot the next man that leave
r. an automobile without aiding 4
sHiug the people to . hospital" u
6ooA his ground, and NO machine Lei
q psrk without Its burden OF vic
~
V"Nea-ly everybody seemed to be o
Are." said Grover c. Van Dyke a
oye-wltncss. to-day, "One man had a
his clothes burned Off and he screame
like a maniac.
Me-: and women around the sauce
knelt down before the vision of dea;
\and prayed. some broke from II
\orror stupor and tried to fight the
way into the flames which drove thel
bach.
Men took Off their coats and, hodln
thcm In front Of their FACES for prote'
Hon. fought to get past fhe wall OF FIR
buly to be forced back. Then somebod
founA the chemical extinguisher and h,
nan to play II on the flames, FINAL
~ died down and then was made II
pcounting OF deaths"