Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-23
LOS ANGELES AUTO
RACES ARE FATAL
CAR GOING 100 MILES AN HOUR,
PLUNGES INTO SPECTATORS,
KILLING FOUR.
SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJURED
Driver Loses Control and Machine
Uproots Tree and crushes Dri-
ver's Life Out Against An
other-WiIcox Wins.

Los Angeles, Cal-Four persons
were killed, one a woman, and three
were injured Saturday in the seventh
annual international grand prize au-
tomobile road race.
Lewis Jackson, a Los Angeles
driver, on his 18th lap, swerved into
palm tree lining the course and
caused the death of himself and three
others and the injury of three
The Dead.
Harold Edgerton, Los Angeles
spectator.
Lewis Jackson, Los Angeles, dri-
yer.
l.. B. Jenkin, camera operator.
Mrs. Leana Juratch, Venice, lem
onade vendor.
The Injured.
John Ghianda, Los Angeles, Jack
sons mechanician.
]. s. Hannigan, Los Angeles, a
spectator.
Miss Georgia Mccall, Santa Mo-
MICA.
In Deadly Crash.
Jackson's car uprooted the first
palm tree it struck, overturned
lemonade stand, killing the woman
in charge, crushed Jenkins against a
second palm, which was broken off
short, and wrapped itself about a
| ir1 frnn or
cloth. In this wreckage Jackson was
crushed until his body was practi-
cally in two pieces.
His mechanician, John Ghianda,
was thrown out and escaped danger
Gus injuries. Edgerton was struck
by flying parts Of the wrecked car.
He and Jenkins died an hour after
they were taken to hospital.
Hannigan also was struck by parts
Of the wrecked car. He and Ghianda
will recover.
Miss Mccall was in a crowd of
spectators near the scene Of the &C
cident. 1t was said she was struck
by flying parts from the car.
Going at Terrific Speed.
Jackson, according to course Off
Gals, was going at an estimated
speed of 100 miles an hour on the
San Vincente backstretch at the
time his car became unmanageable.
His left front wheel hit the cement
curb, which is about Is inches high,
and crumpled. The axle rested on
the curb and the car raced along for
Is feet before it left the road
| Hundreds Of spectators saw the car
smash through the lemonade stand,
crushing the woman, uproot palm
tree, smash into the second and pin
Jenkins and wrap it's steel frame
completely around the third tree. The
motor was thrown 20 feet and the
radiator and hood were thrown 30
feet further.
Minor Accident Precedes.
Jacksons fatal accident was pre-
coded by minor one, which officials
said might have weakened his car.
Early in the race Jackson's car jump
ed the curb on the turn where later
he was killed and ran onto the inter-
urban railway tracks some distance
from the race course. He changed a
wheel when he reached the pits and
little attention was given the acct
dent.
Jackson was chauffeur for mo-
ton picture actress and the car he
drove, his friends said, previously
had been in scenes which Jenkins, as
cameraman, had photographed.
Wilcox Is Winner.
The race was won by Johnny Ait
ken, driving as relief for Howard
Wilcox. Wilcox was declared the Of
ficial winner, and the new average
speed record Of 1856 miles an hour
for the 403.248 miles Of the course
will stand in Wilcoxs name. Athens
time, credited to Wilcox, was 4:42:47.
The winners of the first, second
and third places all made averages
better than the former grand prize
record Of 77.22, made two years ago
on the same course by Eddie Pullen.
Two Killed in Texas.