CAR-RACING IN AMERICA
A SERIES OF SMASHES. MANY KILLED AND INJURED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received October 3, 1 a.m. New York, October 3. The Vanderbilt Cup race of 287 miles was won by Harry Grant with an Alco car. Four were killed and four were fatally injured during the race, mostly spectators. Nineteen others received injuries. One automobile plunged' over a bridge. AnotheY collided with a touring car. A third struck telegraph poles. 'Ferdinand Zubia, manager of the Automobile Company of New York, was killed en route to the racing track. An automobilist named Veedenburgh, in a twenty-mile race at Springfield, Illinois, was killed. His car plunged into a fence, and the was almost decapitated. The races were abandoned.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 149, 3 October 1910, Page 5
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