Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-08-15 | Page 2 | Accident to the Auto Caused by Bursting of One of the Tires.

TO THE AUTO CAUSED BY BURSTING t 1 OF or OF ONE OF THE TIRES t k DEVEREAUX DE France Franco Au Aug l 15 1 Mr Ir fi und Mrs Airs Irs Fair had been staying slaying I at Trouville during the week The They had hada hadJ J a er very fast tast hors power forty el automobile auto auto- mobile which attracted considerable s attention and with which h the they were cre highly pleased Mr It Fair had be been from to Paris and back again In Int ti t t one da day with the thc machine The accident occurred at past half 2 r r h In almost o'clock In the afternoon and Od front of oC the fhe Chateau du flu Mal Mai The wife vie of the gatekeeper of ot the tho- l' l chateau hateau was vas the only onh witness JO to the fhe disaster She says sas she noticed a big red automobile coming along the r a af ad f at a tremendous pace Suddenly something something some some- thing happened and the heavy machine machine machine ma ma- chine slid sidewIse from the right to the left Ift side of or the road for tor about 51 sixty t yard a rd P. P It then dash dashed d up an embankment I 4 turned a complete somersault and crashed at into nto nb a n big elm tree In front of or the gate of or the tho chateau The au- au i 1 was completely wrecked cd The front ant axle was broken n and other parts of or the machine were smashed Including lag ing the steering sea gear r. r When hen th the tho automobile lle turned over the wife wire of ot tile the gatekeeper she sloe J says n saw Mr and Mrs Fair thrown hl high h In the theair air and frill fall with a heavy thud to the l. l ground The chauffeur who was s sitting sit sit- lt- lt ting behind the Fairs was precipitated I Into a n ditch He lie staggered to his feet calling for help The gatekeepers gatekeeper's at wife rushed to his lid sid and nd helped him In extricating Mr J I and ind Mrs Fair who were hurled beneath be- be reath neath the wrecked machine and In the thelast thelast last throes of or death Both had sustained sustained sus sus- Reined ghastly ghast- injuries and were al almost al- al most unrecognizable Mr Ir Fairs Fair's head had been crushed In Sn while his wife's skull was vas split spilt M. M 1 Borson Dorson owner of the Chateau du Mal Mai vas Wa summoned and after artel advising ad the thc local authorities of the accident he ordered the bodies 0 of Mr and Mrs Mr Fair to be carried to th the gatekeepers gatekeeper's lodge Here the they now lie He on ml l es and flowers have l been heln e m strewn n over them In tho the room are thre wax ta tapers ers burning dimly The he accident was evidently due ue to the bursting of a tire At the time It occurred the automobile which was capable of running four seventy miles an nn hour hoUt was oln at the rale rate of or two miles an hour