Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1912 — BRUCE-BROWN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT [ARTICLE]

BRUCE-BROWN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Wealthy New York Sportsman Met Death in Accident While Racing At 96-Mile Speed at Milwaukee.

One by one the speed maniacs are losing their lives, just as the daredevil ' aeronauts have done. David Bruce-Brown, a wealthy New York young man, who had made a great reputation as an auto racer, was killed at Milwaukee Tuesday while running his car at a 90-mile speed on. the Wauwatosa track. His .mechanician, Tony Scttdellari, was probably fatally injured. Brown lived for three hours after the accident. His skull was fractured, his left leg broken and he suffered internal injuries. Brown was driving his high-power Plat car at the rate of 90 miles per hour, testing it out for the Vanderbilt cup race. The rear left tire blew out and Brown tried to keep the swerving car on the narrow roadway. Bruce-Brown died at the hospital in Milwaukee. Ralph' DePauma, Caleb Bragg, Tetzlaff and other well-knoWn drivers were at the hospital when the end came and they wept copiously.