Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1906 — A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.

Motorcycle’s Wild Run Along a Vertical Surface. One of the most peculiar Incidents of the kind ever known occurred recently in Paris in the course of a motor cycle race. By means of the skillful joining of photographs taken especially for the puriwse the incident is clearly set forth in the accompanying illustration, taken from the Illustrated London News. The race was run by two competitors, Pernette and Contant. I’elmette fell, and. his body and his motor cycle occupied nearly all the track. Contant, in Lis 'encleaYor’lo ~ avoid his comrade’s TOdy/Took the outside ram ye-and— way Swept up to the palisade, which his machine climbed until it reached the top of the “u” in the word “Humber.” At a speed of fifty miles an hour he continued his course upon the vertical plane until he reached the top of the second “e” in the word “Eadie.” At that point the machine leaped above the barrier and swept along literally on the breasts and heads of the spectators until the front wheel struck a post, and

was smashed. Contant had only slight wounds—a black eye and his right ear slightly torn; and Pernette was not hurt at all. Both were ready to recommence their dangerous exercise. Two persons were killed, and four were injured.

ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL ACCIDENTS ON RECORD.