The Washington times., 1929-03-14
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instantly killed. The ponderous. IS
cylinder "Triplex'' struck the
cameraman squarely cleaving his
body, which spurted high into the
air.
In. a split second. the big car
leaped from the beach. hit the sand
dunes, showering the air with sand
and smoke, and then toppled uack
onto the beach with Bibles body
beneath. Pandemonium broke loose
among the spectators, who rushed
upon the beach, In the excitement
several women tainted, and had to
be carried away.
II am through with the racing
game forever" said J. N. White,
wealthy Philadelphia sportsman and
owner Of the Triplex, today. "I
would not have had this accident
happen for all the records in the
world.
white broke down and cried at
the Undertaking parlors. He an.
nounced that I he had given the
Triplex to Murray Crib, Macon, Ca
racer who Ii here. with the under
standing that he sell It and give
the proceeds to the widow, Mrs.
Bible, and her daughter, Grace, IL.
Traub. the other victim was also
married. His wife and 7-year-old
daughter. who are In Miami, were
notified OF his death.
Major Segrave, who was on the
beach at the time Of the accident,
waiting beside his record breaking
car The Golden Arrow." told In.
ternational News Service today
that he IL through with high.pres-
sure automobile racing. He had
planned to take the beach for
another try at the record In the
event that Bible broke the mark
he established on Monday.
Has Had Enough
tive had enough and am re.
tiring," said Segrave. II have or.
dered the Golden Arrow Grated and
shipped back to England at once. 2
Segrave said. however, that the
accident would not prevent him
from racing Gar Woods speed boat.
Miss America the Seventh. ct
Miami, Fla. on March 2O.21. Sc.
grave has been trying out his boat,
Miss England, and had attained &
speed in It Of SO miles an hour.
The speed.boat record is 81 miles
an hour.
Mrs. Bible was Frustrated today.
She was an eyewitness of the
tragedy, and was one Of the first
to reach her husbands side.
II never would have consented
to my husbands driving the car
| had there not been inainuafiOns
that he was not capable" she said.
II was willing to have him show
| the dOubters that he had the cOur.
| age TO do Il. Had It not been for
the accident 1 believe he would
have broken the record"
Bible lost his life in what he had
termed the golden opportunity Of
his lifetime.
Practically Unknown
He was practically unknown In
the racing game. And when his
name was mentioned 40 the likely
driver Of the Trfplex instead Of Ray
Keech, who drove It to q world Z
record Of 207 miles an hour last
year, there was considerable com.
ment. For Bible was practically
unknown in the racing game. He
was . Daytona Beach garage me.
chanic, ~ years old. He had
achieved some fame within the
State of Florida as q dirt track
driver. His driving at the State
racing meets had been confined ia
small cars.
The American Automobile 4Asso.
citation, under whose auspices the
speed tests were held, forced him
to make several preliminary runs
in the Triplsx to demonstrate he
was capable Of handling the big
car at high speed.
Second Beach Tragedy
Mayor e. H. Armstrong, of Day.
tOna Beach. who was a prime
mover in getting the international
races for this city. expressed his
deepest regret over the accident.
He announced that beach racing
was over for the season. adding
however. that 1t was through no
fault of the beach course that the
accident happened.
This was the second fatal acct.
dent In two years at Daytona
Beach. A year ago Frank Lock.
hart, famous speedster, was killed
when his car turned turtle while
he was streaking down the course.
PHILADEL March IL
(I.N.S1.-"Lee Bible never had q
chance.
"It was Just like sending q boy
on mans errand.
Thus Ray Keech, former holder
OF the worlds automobile speed rec
ord, today commented on the death
OF his friend and former mechanic
in the automobile crash at Daytona
Beach yesterday.
Bible" Keech explained, twas
good mechanic, but not an expert
enced race driver
Keech arrived here by airplaHle
yesterday after watching Major III.
o. D.. Segrave, the EngIishman,
break his record of 207 miles an
hour by travelling 231 miles per
hour in his Golden Arrow.