FATAL MOTOR RACE.
A frightful ii'vi'lont occurred at tho Syracuse racing track in a 50-mile motor race tho other day. Mr Leo Oldfield, brother of Mr barney Oldfield, in a Knox car, was overtaking V.r lJ«lpli Dorvtlma when. he lost control of the machine owing to an exploded tyre. Amid a cloud of dust the car ploughed 1 a way through tho spectators, of whom nine were killed outright, and 14 maimed, o' e of the victims being decapitated. Mr Old field was picked up suffering from internal injuries.
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Mataura Ensign, 1 November 1911, Page 4
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89FATAL MOTOR RACE. Mataura Ensign, 1 November 1911, Page 4
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