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Vanderbilt's Mars racer crash shocks New York crowd
In New York a high speed run on Vanderbilt's Mars machine ends with William M. Thompson injured, thrown from the car after a sharp turn near Hempstead Garden City Mineola. Keene and Thompson aided at Nassau hospital with nose fractures and scalp wounds as Vanderbilt speeds to safety.
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New York
William M. Thompson
Clairman
Meadowbrook Hunt
William
Vanderbilt, Jr
Foxhall Keene
Alincola
Vanderbilt
Mars
Thompson
Nassau Hospital
C. Albert Stevens
Old Westbury
Young Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Hempstead
Garden City
Mineola
Queens-Nassau Agricultural Society
Keene
Chaffeur
Narow
Hound
Mr. Thompson
Mr. Keene
Alice Perigo
Louis
Nott Lanehart
Fair Grounds
Dr. Lanehart
Je. ‘Stevens