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Show WW DIE CI ACCIDENT AT AUTOJACES Machine Dashes Into a Crowd of Spectators . at Syracuse. SYRACUSE, N. Y.. ftapt.'ll. Xin persons war killed and fourteen injured, in-jured, gome of tkem seriou-lv. ss the result of an accident dttrisg the rise ins; miles of a (Iftv.mile automobile rare at tbg state) fair track 1st Saturday, Satur-day, when a Knox racing; ear, drives by Lee OldflcM, leaped from the track, crashed through tha fence surrounding it and plunged into the throngs that lined the ether side of the speedway. Si of tse nine people were killed sutright and three others were to badly injured that they died oa the way to the hospital. Tie Dead. FRED .T. ARXOI.D, Svraeuse, X. T. Cf.ArDK HAMIL, Hammond, N. Y. ('HAH LEA BALLAXTYXE. Svrtrus JAMES COIN, Alexandria Bsy. N. Y. FAYETTE FUKK. Farleyrill, N. Y. Lf.E HALP1V. Syracuse. Two unidentified men ad la gulden tited boy. Identified Injured. OldrleM, drivgr of tbg car that left tha track. . William Bharkev, Harrv Bradley. Chgrles Poller and Mie Aing Voukr, all of rWrgrusp. Tt is 'believed several of tha injured cannot lire. The accident rsme as the fatal tr-onlastioa tr-onlastioa of a dgr that was undoubtedly Ike biggest the state fair hag svr held la point af attendance, as well as in the nutter of attractions. The honored guest af the fair today wss President Tift. It wss but a short time aftar ke had left the grenade that the tragedy occurred. Track Slippery. The honored guest ef the fair Just before he left President Taft took short ride in aa sutsroobils eg the track, which was wet to keep down the dust for tha president and his party. This wetting caused drivers who ware to compete in tha 4ftr mile grant to protest. When the rgeg wag celled Bahth De Pstms gad Bob Burnutn. who had been driving in previous reees, refused to go en oeeaus of tha condition af the track, saving tha water made it too daa-gerotis. daa-gerotis. There wag some delay, during which the track dried somewhst. The race was called and DePslma and Burma Bur-ma were both entrants along with Old-4eM Old-4eM and six others. The accident happened in tha forty-third forty-third mile. DrPalma was leading by g lap, with OldHeld trailing him. The big cars traveling, it is estimated, at HviBtr.lv. miles tMir hour, were ran. ning side by side as they shot past the grandstand. Crashed lata Spectators. At they took the turn there was a report. re-port. The car driven by Oldfield leaped in the air. Then it swerved to the (alter (alt-er side and crashed, through tha fenca. The crippled machine, bevond the control con-trol of the driver, ploughed through hundreds of persons lined along the fence. It wag gt fret thought thst no one had been hurt nnd this nnnounee-nient nnnounee-nient wns msde. Despite this, hundreds hnrried to the point where the ear left the track. Tha mnnway ear hgd left persons piled together on the ground, several mangled almost beyond recognition. At enee nearly g score of dead and injured were picked up. Hit try calls were sent to this city for ambulances and every oa in tha city responded. Vehicles of msny kinds on the fair grounds were also 'pressed into service. Tfcg dead and injured were taken to the emergency hospital oa tha fair grounds and the women 's building wss turned into tt hospital ward. Hurried to Hospital. Persons on the grounds hurried to the hospitals and volunteered their services. One woman tore off all of her undergarments undergar-ments that bandageg tnijrht bt provided ipr tn wouoaea. For mora than twenty miles, spectators specta-tors said, OldSeld had been driving his car with on ef th abnee flsppiag in th hop of beating out De Talma However, How-ever, bit manager, instead of Mopping him, had, it is said, urged him to increase in-crease hit speed. In spite of the fact thst it quickly became known that utenv bad been killed snd injured, tbg officials in charge refuted to rail off th race and the last few miles were run while hundreds thronged th track. Oldlcld, the driver, who it in a hospital, it being guarded by an officer and as toos St h recover! he will be arrtd. |