Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1909 — Exploded Tire Cause of The Speedway Auto Wreck. [ARTICLE]

Exploded Tire Cause of The Speedway Auto Wreck.

Charles Mertz, who escaped so miraculously from the machine which killed Claude S. Kellum at the Indianapolis speedway last Saturday, testified Tuesday before the coroner’s jury, and stated that the accident was caused by an exploding tire, < which caused the machine to swerve to one side and dash into the fence. He was conscious of being hurled along with the machine and of later trying to extricate himself from beneath the debris but lost consciousness and was rescued by bystanders. Others olsa testified before the coroner’s jury, but the evidence was not concluded.