Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-26
THREE RACE CARS
PILE: Up ON TRACK;
DRIVER IS BURNED
Arthur TeW, of Atlanta, IS
Victim OF Crash-Ma-
con Pilots Injured

One man was killed and two
others were injured severely late
Saturday when three racing auto
mobiles ran together on the back
stretch of the Lakewood track dur
Ing enc of the events on the after
moons racing program.
Arthur Tew, of 81 East Pavilion
avenue, whose car caught fire imme'
diately after the collision, is dead
W. l.. Hemingway, of Macon, suf-
fered a inaugled left leg, which sur
geons at Grady hospital said prob
ably would have to be amputated.
l.. j. Galloway, of r. +. ID. NO. 2,
Macon, was the third man hurt.
Grady hospital physicians said he
was internally injured, but the ex-
tent of his injuries had not been
determined.
The three cars the men were driv-
1ng were demolished. Immediately
after the collision Tews car caught
fire, and oy the time aid reached
the scene of the wreck, Tew was
badly burned 1t is believed, how
ever. that he was killed instantly
in the crash
The spectacular crash of the three
cars occurred during the concluding
lap of the fourth race of the after
noon. 1t was plainly visible to the
thousands who packed the big grand
stand. and wild excitement resulted.
Many of the spectators, seeing the
collision and moment later observ-
ing flames shooting in the air from
the burning car of Mr.. Tew crowd
ed onto the race track and ran
around the oval to the scene of the
wreck.
The ambulance of Greenberg &
Bond which was summoned imme-
Giately made record run of eight
minutes from the track to the
Grady hospital, but Mr.. Tew was
dead when he reached the hospital.
Mr.. Crllaway, lying on Il cot in
one of the wards at Grady, after
recei~'ng surgical treatment, said all
he remembered was see ing the two
cars ahead of him pile Up in
cloud of dust and that it was too
late for him to stop before piling up
on toy of them. Mr.. Hemminsway
was unable to discuss the accident
because of his very severe injuries.
Driver Describes Wreck
Mr.. CallaWay's version follows:
II : no. knew how it all hap
pened. I kn&v we were travelling
MT Il high rate of speed. Tew was
leading with Hemingway second
End I was running Il close third.
The last I can remember was l.
looked down the road and saw the
two cars Immediately ahead of ME
piled up in the road in cloud of
dust 1t was too late for me to stop
and in Il second or two / was on
top of them. l don't remember any
thing more"
T. E. Womac, of SO Delaware ave-
hue, was one of those who were near
the scene of the accident and wit
messed it.
Hem .ngway seemed to lose con-
troll of his car and it went off the
course and toward the outside
fence Mr.. Womac said. HE later
regained control. and turned back
onto the track, but his car skidded
and turned around. Tew, who was
following closely, hit Hemingway's
car, and Tew's car turned over. Cal
laway came dashing along and ran
into the wreckage of the other cars.
''Tew's car burst into flames al
most Immediately, and he was badly
burned before he could be extricated
from the wreck. 1t was not known
whether he was killed by the wreck
or burned to death. The other men
were extricated almost Immediately,
and removed to Grady hospital"
Another Barely Misses
w j. Cutcliffe, of Birmingham,
the driver who won several races at
the fair grounds on July 4, was close
behind the others and barely missed
the pile of wreckage, according to
Mr.. Womac. Cutcliffe was SO shock
ed by the wreck that he tainted as
soon as he had brought his car to a
stop, and had not regained conscious
ness when an ambulance arrived to
remove him to a hospital. His con-
dition gave rise to a report that four
men had been hurt in the spill.
Buddie Galloway, who continued to
race after the accident, and won
second place in the last event, is a
brother of l.. j. Galloway.
Mr.. Tew was % years of age ann
lived with his parents. He was I'M
married He was engaged in the
automobile repair business with his
two brothers, Ellwood and Hsnry
Tew, and according to them was a
great lover of automobiles, being an
' expert mechanic.
Mr. Tew, according to his brothers,
had been in the automobile racing
game but a short while, having
participated in but four events pri u
to Saturdays program. On two Of
his four starts, he won, and had
made great preparations to add more
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