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The Lady Jane Nelson

... Grenadier Guards. Lady Jane Nelson is the elder sister of the late Duke of Grafton, who died as a result of a motor- racing accident two years ago. Her twenty-year-old sister is Lady Mary Rose FitzRov Cautions of Hollywood ...

Published: Wednesday 12 October 1938
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 92 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs 

DANGERS OF MOTOR RACING: The Deaths of Two Leading Drivers

... drivers, died after crashing in a sports- car race preceding the German Grand Prix. In the major race Hans Hermann had a lucky escape after his B.R.M. became a total wreck. During a race for smaller racing cars in France, Ivor Bueb crashed in a Cooper- ...

Published: Saturday 15 August 1959
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 505 | Page: 35 | Tags: Photographs 

MOTORING AND AVIATION

... that the machine can travel at 200 m.p.h. will be generally conceded. The 200 miles race of the Junior Car Club on Brooklands to-day virtually winds up the small car racing season, and ought to be a fitting con clusion to a very successful and interesting ...

Published: Saturday 19 August 1922
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 661 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

DEATH AND DISASTER AT LE MANS TRACK: Pictures from the Twenty-four Hours Race of the Accident Unparalleled in ..

... Death and Disaster at Le Mans Track Pictures from the Twenty-four Hours Race of the Accident Unparalleled in Motor-racing History THE CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY The Mercedes lies gutted on the parapet on to which it has rebounded after leaping off the track ...

Published: Saturday 18 June 1955
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 365 | Page: 14 | Tags: Photographs 

MOTORING AND AVIATION

... that the machine can travel at 200 m.p.h. will be generally conceded. The 200 miles race of the Junior Car Club on Brooklands to-day virtually winds up the small car racing season, and ought to be a fitting con clusion to a very successful and interesting ...

Published: Saturday 19 August 1922
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 661 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

A MIXED BAG

... In order as far as possible to eliminate the monotony of the race, sprints were arranged at various times, and special points were awarded in these. During the first day's racing an accident occurred to one of the Belgian competitors, who fell from his ...

THE NEWSLETTER: Week by Week

... normal appearance President Fallieres opened a new quay at Havre Many persons were killed and injured in a motor-cycle racing accident at Berfin The Oporto tramway strike came to an end Prince Biilow left Berlin yesterday on his way to Norderney The new ...

Published: Saturday 24 July 1909
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1159 | Page: 3 | Tags: Photographs 

From the Shires and Provinces: A Leicestershire Letter

... and lovers of the chase. Earl Beatty was in pink again. Lord and Lady Haddington, the former fully recovered from his racing accident and several from other parts of the cut 'em downs swelled our ranks. The blue and buff of the Beaufort was carried by ...

Published: Wednesday 27 January 1932
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2274 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

RAPIER ON RACING

... I^APIER ON RACING SOME time after racing was over at Liverpool last Thursday I was walking through the then almost deserted paddock turning over in my mind, maybe, the race on the morrow for the Summer Cup. Somehow I had an idea, which nothing would shake ...

YACHT RACING: An Unlucky Beginning: An Untimely Accident

... YACHT RACING An Unlucky Beginning f; Ki-'r iba An Untimely Accident The opening of the racing season has been marked by a sinister and sensational accident, which, though fortu nately unattended with loss of life, must neces sarily spoil, to some ex tent ...

Published: Wednesday 01 June 1910
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 724 | Page: 46 | Tags: Photographs 

THE GREAT SOUTHEND WASH-OUT: A Chapter of Accidents Spoils the Thames Racing

... THE GREAT SOUTHEND WASH-OUT A Chapter of Accidents Spoils the Thames Racing THE GYBE THAT FAILED: Mr. Sopwith's Endeavour taken in tow by his motor yacht Vita after she had lost her mast following the heavy gybe in half a gale of wind at Southend. At ...

FOCUS ON ACCIDENTS

... FOCUS ON ACCIDENTS Oliver Stewart MY chief quarrel with road accident statistics is that they fail to differentiate clearly enough between minor accidents and major accidents. The law requires that most kinds of accidents be reported in one ...

Published: Wednesday 25 January 1956
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 819 | Page: 30 | Tags: Photographs