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Show down many posts, and tangling posts and wires in Its mechanism and about its wheels. It was this tangle of wires that finally brought the car to a rtundstill. first throwing it into th" anr for a somersault, driver and mechanician mech-anician fa'llng us It was thrown Pur-hs el ruck on his head. Sharp fell dear, but apparently sustained injuries to his nomach by striking against the steering wheel. When a flagman on the course and two convicts who were working on the road at the point where the accident acci-dent occurred ran to the assistance of the men they found Fuchs and Sharp helpless. Efforts were made to flag other cars as they sped by In prac tice, but without result until word vi as telephoned to the grand stand, t-everal miles away. Then two of the racers stopped on reaching the scene and brought the body of Fuchs to tho vand stand. Premonition of Danger. Fuchs, 24 ycurs of age. lived io Trenton.' N. J. Men at the Sharp training camp say he had a premonition premoni-tion that the course held danger for h'm today. He sought to be relieved iroru duty, but no substitute was at hand Those about the car as lie staiter with Sharp made light of ids fears, and his driver sought to steady the young man's nerves by giving him instructions to be followed as they drove. "Hold on to this oil can all tho time," Sharp said. "Don't let It gel out of your hands When I call for It. let her have It." Imbedded In the pool of blood that marked the spot where Fuchs' skull whs crushed was found the oil can. Sharp is a manufacturer and driver. driv-er. His accident eliminates hlrn and Ws car from the grand prize race, in which he had drawn first place at tle start. The meet will open at 10 o'clock tomorrow. AROTHER TRAGEDY oi sra COURSE SAVANNAH, Ga Nov. 10. Speed ninnia co.st its first toll of life In the sraud prize automobile race today. Albert Fuchs, a young mechanician, met insinut deaili. anad V. H. Sharp, driver and ovnr of the bar bearing his name, was seriously Injured when the powerful machine swerved from tho road and crashed Into a barbed wire fence. Sharp hud his car on the conrsc for practice. He had made several laps at high speed when the accident occurred. All had seemed to be well with tbe car, and the cause of Its disaster dis-aster Is a myister) . Only Sharp, It Is thought, may be able to shed uny light upon It, and he Is lying In a hospital unable to make a statement One theory Is that Sharp took a curve on the back stretch at too high a speed? thus losinp control. Another An-other is that a tire blew out, causing the driver to lose control. The latter theory Is supported by the fn' thn' Ihe left front tire was stripped from the wheel. Car Strikes Tree. Tor :.0 feet nlony the -rddc of the road tho car pMvud "itK way; then, KapiriK a-ditch., struck' a small tree. SfcminEly th- nee. though bent to th earth and swept its entire length by Ihe machine. Impeded Its ennrpe but little. A few yards further the enr struck a thick post of a barbed wire fence. The car sped on, knocking |