Arizona republican., 1916-11-19
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 SANTA MONICA, Cal, Nov 1S.- four persons were killed, one a wom- an. and three were injured today in the seventh annual international grand prize automobile road race. The event Was won by Johnny Aitken, driving as relief for Howard Wilcox. Wilcox was declared the official winner and the new average speed record of S5.55 miles an hour for the 403.24 miles Of the course, will stand in Wflcox'2 name. Aitkens time. credited to Wilcox was 4:42;47.
 The winners of the first, second and third places all averaged better time than the former grand prize record of 77.22, made two years ago on the same course by Eddie Pullen. Those finishing after Aitken, their times and average speeds, were:
 Cooper, second, 4:4S:5S average S3.72.
 Patterson. third, 5:O9:sS, average ISIS.
 Rickenhacher. driving for Weight man who withdrew, and Cody were Jagged while running.
 Lewis Jackson. a Los Angeles driv- CT. on his thirteenth lap swerved into one of the palm trees lining the conrso and caused the death of him self and three others, and the injury of two.
 The Dead
 Harold Edgerton, Los Angeles spec tator.
 Lewis Jackson. Los Angeles. drive. J. B. Jenkins, motion picture camera operator.
 Mrs. Leana Juratch, lemonade vender.
 The Injured
 gly sons mechaniciar.
 ]. S. Hanniean. Los Angeles. spec tator.
 Miss Georgia Mccall, arm and leg broken
 Jackson's car uprooted the first nalm tree it struck overturned a lemonade stand. killing the woman in charge, crushed Jenkins gainst sec ond palm which was broken off short and wrapped itself about a third tree. In this wreakage Jackson was crushed and his body nearlv severed in two. His mechanician, John Ghianda, was thrown ont and escaped danSerous in- iuries. Edgerton was struck by fly- ing parts of the wrecked car. He and Jenkins died an hour after they were taken to q hospital.
 Hannigan also was struck by parts of the wrecked car. He and Ghianda will recover
 Fiehtaen drivers started, but only six survived Mechanical troubles caused most of the withdrawals. Eddie Pull Ian. holder of the former grand prize --r t,---ed c'-ar o0 the second lap. but he was uninjured.
 ..aI.o leesta. yinprr of tho N@nder- bilt cup race Thursday and of last years grand prize race, withdrew on the eighteenth lap on account of me- S'anical trouble, after leading at the fifth.
 wilcox. officially the winner of the race. was in first place when he was relieved in the twentieth lap by Aitken, who never lost first position. Wilcox ;,clsos enrl, n the race that he he re- lieved by Aitken, but officials denied permission until the twentieth lap.
 As the drivers continued to drop out, the race resolved itself into an endurance test, with the result depend ent upon freedom from accident to the place winners who ran in their finish ing order from the thirtieth lap until the end.
 Cooper. who finished second today. and Roads. who came in fourth, finish ed in like positions in Thursdays Van derbilt race.
 Jackson's fatal accident was preced- ed by a minor one, which officials said might have weakened lis car. Early in the race Jackson's car jumped the curb Oh the turn where. later he was killed and ran onto the interurban railway tracks some distance from the race course. He changed wheel when he reached the pits and little attention was given the accident.
 Jackson, according to race officials was going at an estimated speed of 10t miles an hour on the San Vincente back stretch at the time his car became unmanageable. His left front vince