The sun., 1916-11-19
4 KILLED, 2 HURT, IN
SANTA MONICA RACE
Lewis Jackson Crashes Into
Palm Tree i'm Four Hun
drcd Mile Contest.

SANTA MONICA, Cal. Nov. isl wis
Jackson. a driver. and three spectators
were killed to-day In the seventh an
nual International Grand rrize autono
bile race. which was won In record
breaking time on the Santa Monica
course by Johnny Aiken. in a Tuegeot
car, driving as relief for Howard Will
cox. The dead are:
HAROLD E~DGERToN, los Angeles.
spectator.
LEWIS JACKSON. Los Angeles.
driver.
}. h. JENKINS, motion picture cam
era operator.
MRS. LEANA JuRATcH. lemonade
vcnder.
The ,~ntured-John Ghianda OF Lo.
Angeles, Jackson's mechanic j, $ Han.
nlgan OF Los Angeles. n spectator. and
Miss Georgia Mccall OF Santa Monica,
arm and leg broken.
Jackson on his thirteenth lap swerved
Into one OF the palm trees lining the
course The car uprooted the first palm
tree It struck. overturned a lemonade
stand. killing the woman In charge.
crushed Jenkins against a second palm.
which was broken off short. and wrapped
itself about q third tree.
ln this wreckage Jackson was crushed
and his body nearly cut In twain. His
mechanic. Chianda. was thrown out and
escaped dangerous injuries. Edgerton
was struck by flying parts OF the wrecked
car. He and Jenkins died an hour after
they were taken TO a hospital. Hannigan
also was struck by parts Of the wrecked
car. He will recover.
Wilcox was declared the official win
ner Of the race, N the new speed rec
ord of s5,55 miles an hour for the
403 PAS miles Of the course will stand
in Wilcox's name, Athens time, cred
tied TO Wilcox. was AZ ~.
The winners of the first. second and
third places all averaged better than the
former Grand Prize record of TT.22
made two years ago on the same course
by Eddie Pullen.
Those finishing after Aitken. their
times and average speeds. were:
Cooper. Stutz car. second, ~ SO
average, sara.
Patterson. Kissel car, third. 8 100 rs
average. 1913.
Roads. Hudson ear, fourth, time not
announced.
Rickensbachcr. driving for Weight
man. who withdrew, and Cody were
tagged while running
Eighteen drivers started. but only six
survived. Mechanical trouhles caused
most OF the withdrawals. Eddie Pullcn,
holder Of the former Grand Prize record,
turned over on the second lap. but IN
was not injured,
Dario Resta, winner Of the Vanderbilt
cup race on Thursday, and of last years
Grand Prize race, withdrew on the eigh'
teenth lap on account OF mechanical
rouble.
Wilcox, officially the winner Of the
race, was In first place when he was re
lieved in the twentieth lap by Attken
who never lost hrst position, WILCOX
asked early in the race hat he be re
lieyed by Aitken, but officials denied
permission until the twentieth lap.
J%ackson's fatal accident was preceded
by a minor one which officials sale
might have weakened his car, Earl,
In the race Jackson's car jumped tn
curb on The turn where later he wa
killed and raj Oh to the 1nterurbai
Railway tracks soine distance from TIT
race course. lie changed n wheel whei
he reached the pits and little attention
was given the accident, According I,
race officials Jackson was going at al
estimated speed Of 100 miles an hou
when his left front wheel hit the cemen
curb, which Is about fifteen inches high
and crumpled. The axle rested on tn
curb and the car raced along for twenty
five feet before II left the road,