MOTORS IN FLAMES.
AN EXCITING INCIDENTMACHINES HURLED INTO CROWDED STAND. FOUR PERSONS KILLED. United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received July 20, 8.30 a.m. BERLIN, July 19. During a long-di3tance bicycle race in the old .Botanic Garden a Berlin, two motor cycles, which were acting as pacers, collided and exploded. The machines, which were enveloped in flames, were hurled into the midst of a densely crowded stand, setting fire to women's dresses. At least four persons were killed, and thirty-two others were injured.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9548, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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83MOTORS IN FLAMES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9548, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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