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Show CROKER'S SON HURT, His Chauffeur Killed in Auto Collision Colli-sion in Florida. DATTONIA, Flo., Jan. 21. -While speeding his racing automobile on tho beach today, Frank Crokcr, son of Richard Rich-ard Croker of Now York, collided with a motor cycle chair, driven by one of tho Ormond hotel help. Mr. Crokor's leg was brokon. His chauffeur, Racul, was thrown forty feet ln tho air. and landed on his forehead, killing him Instantly The chair driver had both legs brokon Mr. Croker was In his racer, a 1S0-horsepower 1S0-horsepower machine with his mechanician. mechani-cian. Aaroul, and was going at a mlle-a minute clip. Just ahead of him, ln tho samo direction, coming up tho beach from Daytona to Ormond, was a man on a motor cycle, which was wobbling badly Mr. Crokcr was driving his racer, and started to turn out of tho way of the motor cyclo. As he did bo ono of tho front tires of his machlno Hew off and It rolled Into tho sand. Tho machlno turned over three times. Tho mnchlno crushed Aaroul's life out Instantly. Mr Croker wont out on tho second turn and sustained a fracture of thc right leg at tho kneo and several rlbn woro brokon One of his cars Is also badly torn. Mr. Croker was Immediately taken to his apartments and cared for by several physicians, who worked for sovcral hours ln binding up his wounds. Tho machine ln turning went toward tho ocean and was partly submerged by the tide. Mr. Croker rallied from tho shock and operation subsequently and will recover. re-cover. Newton Stanley, tho young man on tho motor cycle, sustained a compound frac-turo frac-turo of tho lower loft leg. |