EXCITING MOTOR RACE.
COMPBiITOK BURNT TO DHATH PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Uecerred 26, 0 35 f..m. Pabis, May 25. Threa thousand Pcrisi<ns picnicked en Saturday night in the Bois de Boulogne and all the way to Verseilles to wines 3 the s'artof the 222 competitors in the Paris to Mail id motor race orgar.i-ed by the Automobile Clubs of Franca and Spun. Extraordinary interest wes thiwn throughout the south-west of France. Eight fa f alit!fs occurred between Paris and Bjrdoaux, including two . empstito-s, three driver?, one soldier, ia woman.and a child. f One cir was overturned and becims ; ignited, an Ecg'isb. competitor b3ing [burnt to death, I M. Gabri 1, on a 90 lorse pmver Mors ar, reached Bordeaux in 5 hours 1 15 minute?, averaging Go miiea an hour. Occasionally ha travelled at a speed of 100 miles an hrur. Lui?, oa a Renault car, was second. He averaged 62 mil<s. Only 68 compati'ors reached Bordeaux. The French and Spanish Governmen's prohibit the cantiouance of the race.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 123, 26 May 1903, Page 3
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167EXCITING MOTOR RACE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 123, 26 May 1903, Page 3
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