Tuesday’s dailies bore the account of the death of Mr. Frank Perry, a native of the Silk Hope section, a son of the late John W. Perry. Death came as a consequence of particption in an automobile race at Richmond, Va.
Below is the American Press Association’s account of the tragedy, also comment by the Greensboro News:
Richmond, Va., Sept. 6 (AP)—The death of one race driver and injuries to five others today marred the racing program staged at the Labor Day celebration at the state fairgrounds.
Frank Perry, 45, of Greensboro, N.C., went to his death when, blinded from dust and unable to see the turn in the oval, his machine skidded and turned over. His neck was broken and he died en route to a hospital.
Charles Holly suffered bruises in a practice spin and Garnett Holly, motorcycle driver, was treated for injuries at a hospital and later returned to the track.
Fred Fretwell, Arthur Adams and Walter George were injured, none severely, as a result of a series of accidents occurring during the racing program.
The machine of Charlie Davis and Ernest Moore crashed while traveling at breakneck speed, but both miraculously escaped injury.
From the front page of the Chatham Record, Pittsboro, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 9, 1926
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