The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
Crushed shorter Than In Life.

- many NJ his bones had been broken
'hat his body literally was several inches
shcrt'I-'t' was telesCoped.' as one on
locker Put it-than Limberg had been
In life.
pal'ptii Was breathing, but that was
all. III" doctors noted Immediately a
bad fracture AZ the base of the mecha-
niriaa'S SKULL and blood was streamin,
from his ear. pr. Wrana and Dr. Ber-
nath Weiss. also AN ambulance surgeon
from -. Mays Hospital, lifted Pallo,ti
int the ambulance and started OF at
once - 'hc toney Island Hospital, the
nearest hospital to the Speedway.
Pdl'oi'i did not regain consciousness.
He died Just a. he was carried into the
hospital. " few minutes after his death
n motor truck drew up AZ the Coney
Island Hospital and the dead body OF
Iimberg was taken in and laid beside
the body Of Pallotti.
Linhcrg'S wife had been sitting in
the grand stand with Mrs. Jack LeCain.
wife of another pelage driver. at the
time rf the accident. Mrs. l.imberg
screamed rs she saw her husbands car
bound onward across the blue stretch
Of shy above the far northern rim OF
IT," tracks. Md as he yellow car
rolled over and over 10 the bottom of
III" track and burst into flame she fought
her way through the throngs in the
stand and tried TO get to her husband.
When The worst news had been brough;
down the track. Mrs. LeCain led the
young " f., now a widow. away from
the field while the other cars still were
roaring around tho bowl
A the flames from the burning car
shot up twenty or more feet from the
broken Gasolene tank of l.imberg's car
a stuff Wind from the south blew the
clouds Of thick black smoke up the In
cline of the track. and as a result the
Yurtpu rr.p S,ill Whtzzipp around mast
the lire would. on taking the north turn.
streak headlong into the smoke cloud.
disappear for a second or SO in the smoke
and dart out Of the cloud high UP
toward the bowl ready for the turn into
tie homestretch
TIL. race in which L.imherg was killed
anj which he seemed TO have pretty well
in hand up TO the moment OF his death.
wa the classic event Of the big meet yes
terday. II was the third OF four races
scheduled. Until the accident u the
Dclage Limberg had set Il heart breaking
pace.
Two events had been run off without
accident. the first being the twenty mile
Coney Island cup event. won In master
full style by Johnny Aiken in his Peugeot.
a. car Of French model, but made in
/, America. at an average speed OF 1864
miles an hour. a new worlds record.
Next nau come the queens cup event u
nifty miles. which also was run without
more $. rious accidents than the tire or
engine roublcs that are next 10 inevita-
lie in races where machines are driven
] 10 cover ground at 100 miles an hour or
! more, The Queens cup event, carrying
/, with il a cash prize OF 81. 900 and a
. trophy. was won by Ralph milford. also
! driving a Peugeot. milford COW. red the
! fifty miles in IS minutes and 45 seconds,
, or an average speed of l04.3i miles an
| hour.
1 And then ten cars lined up in two
rows for the Metropolitan Trophy classic
f, Just after Miss Katherine Stinson in her
, tractor biplane had set the crowd gasp
Ing by whirling her tawny ~aeroplane in
, CCrkscrew spirals and then climbing 70
the heavens again to loop the loop.
The tan. sandy haired I.imberc and
fis smaller, black eyed mechanician were
placed next to the pole in the first row
for The big race of the day. In the trst
race IT the day he had won n third prize
Of $3.50 cash, but had come home amid
the ruck in the 80 mile Queens cup race,