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Show ! CHARLES FAIR AND VIFE KILLED CY AUTOMOBILE M.i':hli Hunninir ill H'O r:noof ? Mill., no Hmir WH.in It ttiiilflonl v Jolhi.",l. Ilimwlnil l)i:cj-IMntH l)i:cj-IMntH :o llm (iroutul. Mr. and Mr.. I Imrl.-n V. Kair. who j vere related to Mrs. V. K. an. lei hi 1 1, .lr. Mo.. Virginia l air.lnere reliini- j log to I'nnt finin I riiuville Tliuriliiy. j when their automobile .nerved and i crn-lird into a tree Htlecli miic. fiom I'ariH. Ilolh neie k'llnl. The ehanVll r became iioiane a. a coli.riiicnce of the Mr. and Mr. I n i r bad been .laying at Trouville during the week. They had a very fat forly-llve bora power automobile, which al trai led con.ider. able atlenlli.il and Willi which they I w.ra bluhle r,l....ed. Mr. lair had lieen from Trouville lo I'aria and back again In one day with the machine. Tbe accident oceni red alino.Uu fronl nf the ( lmle.il llu l. mi tin Mai. The r'aira Intemlrd to dine and .pend the night In I'aria and return to Trouville for lunch the follow lug day. The wife of Ihe gatekeeper of the chateau wa. the only wltliraa uf the dia.ter. She .ay. .he noticed a big red automobile coin ug along the road at a Iremeiiiloii. puce. Suddenly aome-thlng aome-thlng bapfiencd ami Ihe heavy machine alid ulcn iMi from the light lo the left I aide of Hie road for about .Ixty yard.. It then dashed up an embankment, I turned a complete .omemault and j cra.lird into a big elm tree In front of I the giilc of Hie clinteiiil. The au'.oiiio- bile na. completely wrecked. Tbe ' frnnl axle waa broken and other ptrl. of the miichinii neru .in wlied, inclild-i inclild-i tug the .tec ring gear. When the automobile turned over the I n Ifc of the gatekeeper Miyi; .tie win j Mr. and Mr., luir tlironn high in the ! I. ir wii.l lull nitli a heavy tlnnl to the 1 gioiiml. 'I he iliaulTcur, who nn. ail-I ail-I ting behind the r'aira, w as precipitated Into a ditch. He .liiggercd to hi. feet, calling for help. The gatekeeper', wife rnslied lo hla aid and helped l.lm In extricating Mr. ami Mr., l air, who were buried be-lieut be-lieut li the wrecked machine and In the lal thriK-a of dentil. Ilolh had au.-tiilned au.-tiilned glia.tly lojnric. and were al-muiil al-muiil unrecognizable. Mr. l-'air'a head j had len ci il. nl in, while hi. nlfe'a .kllll waa .plil. Tho acciilriit waa evidently due to the liiir.tlng of a tiro, Al tbe time It occurred tho automobile, which waa cupahle of running .cvciily-four mllra an hour. wa. going at the raleofalaly-two raleofalaly-two mile, nn hour. Mr. and Mr.. I'linrlc. Kalr left Ann Doilloa of tlio Unfortiinatn Coilplo Thrown HIhIi Into the Air and Lnntlnil tn Uobna of Machine, tilling Horribly Mamilod. I'ranci.co in Hie tatter part of Mny last, for a trip to Kurope. t'harlra l air na. the son of t lie lale Senator l air and na. one of tbe brira to the Immense estate of Ihe late nenator. It I. peculiar Ibat the n of the late John W. Macka.v. one of Senator r'e'r'e partner., wa. also killed near Tarlsa few year, ago hy being lli.own fn.ni hi. horse. t hat Ira Kalr waa the third of the four children of the lain Mr. and Mr, .latura li. Kair. Teresa, who la now the wife of Hermann Oelrlrhe, la tha oldest of the lielra. Then came .Inmea, who died about ten yeara ago. Cliartea wa. the third, and Ihe youngeal waa Virginia, who I. now the wife of W. K. Vaiidcrbllt, .Ir. In the aprlng of l.'.M t baric, married Maud Nelatm. The ceremony took place In Oakland, and ll nna almost a secret one. Charlea Kalr waa one of three hrlra to an Immense estate, estimated In value al la-twren J.1,iKi.ttoo and lli,-ihhi.ikio. lli,-ihhi.ikio. The other two are Ilia two sister.. Churlc. Kalr wn born III Virgin1 City, Nev., on April a I, Ii7, and waa I consciiicntly .Ll Jrur. of age. He hrniiclit the llrst aiitouioblle across ! the continent to San Kninclsco. He inns nlso greatly liilcreslcd in photography, pho-tography, and ronslruelctl one of the llirgestcu rasever lillllllu the I lilted Stutcs. |