Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1919 — THREE KILLED IN AUTO RACE [ARTICLE]

THREE KILLED IN AUTO RACE

At Indianapolis Last Saturday, Two Burned to Death. • / - The big 500-mile automobile race at Indianapolis last Saturday, in which 33 curs started, cost three lives. The race was wen by Howard Wilcox in a Peugeot racer. . It was estimated that 125,000 people saw the race. Two men were burned to death under an overturned car that spilled Its gaso|lne and took fire. | Another car turned over and crushed its driver and seriously injured its 'mechanic. Arthur Thurman, driving bls own car, was first to come to grief when his car overturned and crushed out his life, while his mechanic, M. Molinaro, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries that may bring death. The worst catastrophe was when Louis Lecocq’s Romer overturned on the south turn and pinned Lecocq and his mechanic, R. Baudini, under the wreck, where they were literally cooked to death. Despite perfect weather, a .not overheated track, and the great speed shown in practice, the average speed of the winner was under the track record of 89.94 miles by 2.72 miles, but nobody accounts For this except that the drivers feared heat.