Salt Lake Herald | 1897-06-07 | Page 2 | Accident to Riders

ACCIDENT TO RIDERS Sixty Piled Up in a Heap by Careless Hiding New York June 7While turning a sharp corner at the foot of a steep hill CO riders jn a fivemile road race near Passaic N J ran into the mouth of a biff stone quarry and every one of the racers wan Injured and every wheel was wrecked That none of the riders was killed is extraordinary Sixty cyclists had entered the contest and hj the time the steep 1111 was reached 20 riders were bunched together They did not slow up forthe hill but dashed down at full speed As they reached the sharp corner they attempted to turn into the river road