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A FATAL AUTO TESTfJOHN TRENTHAM MEETS DEATHAT POST OF DUTY.NECK IS BROKEN BY FALLMachine Without* Tire Skid* Into Street Car—Another Machine Turns Over.i anHouston, Tex, Tex., Jan. 13.—In the automobile endurance test 'held here yesterday under the ausfrlees ol the Houston Automobile Club, one man was killed and three others wounded. Two cars were involved in the accidents, one collided with a street car and the other skidded into a ditch while rounding a curve at terriffic speed late in the afternoon, turning completely over in the air and landing at right angles to the road in an upright position.The schedule set by the club pro* vided for a speed of not more than eighteen miles an hour, but no penalties were charged for arriving at destinations ahead of'time.The test became one of speed instead of endurance between Cypress and Houston, a distance of twenty-six miles. The average speed made was forty miles per hour. One car covered the distance in th4rty-six minutes. The casualties are:Dead: John Trentham, sporting editor of the Houston Post, neck broken. Wounded: Ray Weiss, cut on face and neck-and badly bruised; Brown Betts, seriously wounded internally; B. D. Ken?p, badly bruised.Altogether the test was to cover 112 miles; the longest.control was the last one from Houston to Cyprers and return. This was also the west road. Throughout, the day the drivers had been increasing their speed and on the Cypress road the climax was reached in express train velocity. Strange to say. In the accident in which the fatality occurred the car was being driven slowly on account of a lost tire. In the caF with Mr. Trent-. g ham, who lost his life in pursuance of his duties as reporter for his paper, were Will Hogg. H. C. Mosehart, owner of the large. White steamer In which the plrty was riding. E. A. Grosser, representative of the White Company as cbaffeur, and a Mr. Simmons.An American touring car was involved in the second accident, which happened on a sharp curve at' Eureka. Occupants of the car were Ray Weiss, Brown Botts, Engene- Bender and B.D. Kemp, who was driving. Owing to the high speed the car failed to negotiate the curve and skidded into the ditch and turned over a couple of times. Mr. Son tag brought the car to town under its own power.rrcatt
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Mexia State Herald
Mexia, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1908
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