DEATHS BY MOTOR.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 11

DEATHS BY MOTOR.

: ACCIDENTS IN. FRANCE AND ,' V-■''.-'■' ~-' AMERICA. ,;; \\ . DANGERS-OF EXCESSIVE.RACING ■;r r - if: - ■"■ ' : -' ; SPEED..'■■,'■- .' '"■ ed, ;'•' iTwo very serious motor-car accidents, can ;ty ing tho deaths of six porsonsj happened i ire; August,3 on; the .main road between Clc In" .mont-Ferrand and Bordeaux, bvor which" tl ■ag' second stage pf the, motor-race : called' tl ty; ''Uritoriuiu do Trance" was being' ru ae: !Both accidents, were solely due to the exec h.e'sivo , speed, kept up by cars in a raCo whi( at' ostensibly was not a speedtest. The secqt took .place, a few miles on side Bordeaux, was, perhaps, tho most serioi motor-car.accident.which has happened sini I!," the tragic Paris-Madrid race was run. Tl •i- 'Criterium :dei France" was a competitic a. protesscdly.prgahised for touring cars. Tl i> ;.first; part,, lasting.'four days,'was'organist i.g" :partlr 'iin, tho:,lines "of an-endurance .testtli is circ... - passing by Paris,-'through' Clermon m. l< ei v .;,., j,. Bordeaux,■, and Nantes to Lisieu: i-; in iNl'manby., .Arrived at Lisjeux, the cai ie. ,wore: co.finish , ,;the competition by a spee is test over a "closed Circuit,'.' and. rogulate ir on the same lines as-the recent Grand Pri dde France at Dieppe, as'the cars entere 7r »° r . the race were not'racirig cars, and th ie first; stages of 1 the'competition woro notsui a posed .to be'run at:a great'speed, tho roa e was, not guarded by troops,' and nothing wa e: done,to.prevent' other cars 'arid carriages o :carts, c ,cyclists, land;,'persons oh foot fror d- usingvthe.,road.',u.,.,-,';,. '.'.;...'• ... e : ■:■•■;■■''-■-'' .'''J '.:■■■''■ '■-'■, ■■■'/.-.- '~' -, ."■'., ' - a. Mad Speed' v '":f;Vv.' ; -'r.'.,•■' ; ■..;.■■: '■■."■.,' ..-./■' '"'" a ;; .-Th'p more'serious r pf the,two accidents, in 0 deed, .seems to have Jbeen partly caused b , - a,heavy farmer's cart, which took up a grea 6 part of the road: .But. the chief cause was e without 'doubt, :.th'o'\miid ; speed'i pf the can * '/going , towards, , Bordeaux,' both' making i \ '.speed- .of "from' forty,'to"forty-five miles ai ?; .hour,, and, leaving!a.'.lpng"'stjretih' of road be 8. .hind.;them,all Islirdu'ded -in, dusti A thirc °. .car, gping quite as-fast, >vas shooting alpnj h >in>. this febscurity...when, 'a. very few yard: t .aljead, the cart.shewed up.' A clutch at the •i ;brake lever, and a.turii'cf the steering wheel ' ana, , ; the;-dange.r l seemed averted; butth't J- dhveref the car had net. heard'another cai ";.' 'Jj l towards him .from, the other side "oi ' the ;cart. : This driver; also had been "surJ; prised by the• dust-shrouded cart, and/ had '. "also.:put' en.his .brakes and given a sharr ! turn.tp.hiswheelsl^ilniboth. cases the brakes .'" , scarcely -checked .the ;speed, 'and'.'as' tho cars were, steered '.■ along,.the -same, strip of .the 1 road they met almost exactly' front to. front, :-, -.j , ?™ 6°' n S at about hour. ; .FourLay.:Dead.- ■'•.,;.... .--.. s Tin the car , coming froni'Bordeaux were I four pedple-rtho (Owner, ■M. Rouillier, his !• driver! Faliveaii,.and 'two. jpurnalists from Bordeaux, MM.. Herbert and Amigues. In ;',; the car coming from , Clermont-Ferrand', also a powerful touring car,-No. 35' o f, the eom- . petition/■■wereyiM; Martin,' the driver; and ■two; mechanics. , ■.•.'After tho accident .-happened not one could move br speak. Four lay dead..,. and ".the. two others were badly injured arid ■ unconscious. It.'was not until the.next^- competition car arrived, and the heap of.-.blazmg debris and the scattered ■ corpses were seen, .that the accident was,discovered. ' • The; two "injured journalists in >M. Bouilhers care Were at onco taken-to Bordeaux. M. Amigues diod from fracture pf ■ -.the skull. M. Herbert had his lower jaw and ■ : the.bridse,of his pose broken. , , A'Second Accident. .... / ;' ; .The second.'-'accident, which happened earlier m. the; race- and nearer Clermont-Fer- , :rand, was caused-by tho bursting of a tyro as ;tho driver. , was, taking a.ourvo at an ex'cessivo speed.- The car ivas/flung outof its course, and: one of the rear wheels, siruck a tree,.causing'the car to overturn. The driver and: mechanic were hurt, and "one ef tho two passengers, .M. , . Luquin, a well-known sporting photographer, was killed. A fellow photographer, , escaped.,.without,,, a, scratch, and showed; his' thanks' to Providence and'sbrrow at the fate of his comrades by taking several snapshots'of';the r disaster; and then driving off ,in aVcompeting 'car that passed. On account of:', those two , accidents, M.' Maujan, Undor-Secretary 'of- State of tho Department' pf tho Interior, has forbidden the remainder of the race to; be run, .... ,:. American Accidents. '"■ '.; iThree,, persons' '.were' , killed 'and two seriously injured: aisithe'result ; of a' motoring (disaster which occurred, at Jackson, Michigan. ■A; large motor-car, containing several per-sons-was Vrunintp arid partly wrecked by a trolley car, and tho occupants werb thrown into the .road ,With great violence. Mrs. Levi' Palmer, Mrs. Pulver, arid Miss Bernice Oliver nave died of their injuries; while Mr. and Mrs. Oliver are seriously hurt. All the victims ara well known in society circles in Jackson.;, . ;( j. ' ;'■ . • ,'■■ .'•. > ■ ivMr Jorr , i ? \ motor -car, in which Mr/ .William .Maxwell, Mr. John' Fields, and four I ethers wero driving, was overturned. Mr" Maxwell and Mr,: Fields were instantly killed, and the other occupants wero seriously injured. car;'.in- which".Was; , Mr.::Coridi> Benoist Pallen, tho-Well-known Roman Catholic author, collided with' V cyclist near Now ; lork. The cyclist, was so badly injured that ho died shortly afterwards, ' Cyclist Killed by Motor, f ; : : !. :A: mQtor-car" owned'' and driven''.' by Mr" Roberts Cnpps, of Nottingham, collided near ! Melton Mowbray.with a cyclist, :who is stated to have-been, on-the wrpng side pf the rpad tie: was knocked'down, and so severely injured that ho-died, during the iu>ht. Tlie sudden application of'the .brakes caused the motpr to swerve through the hedge, but Mr, ..Cnpps and-a-cempanipn escaped unhurt A sad feature of the case is that deceased' whoso namo wasClaiulp Woven s. was to liave attended his sister's , wedding nest day.