Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,831 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

1908/08/01 Brooklands Race Meeting

From Graces Guide

Note: This is a sub-section of 1908 Brooklands Calendar

Held on the 1st and 3rd August 1908.

At this meeting there occurred the second fatal accident at the track when the Mechanic Herbert Mark Burke was thrown from the Mercedes car of C. Lane when it hit a bridge.[1]

Winners of races on the 1st and 03rd August. (Driver).[2]

See Also

  • The Times, Thursday, Jul 09, 1908
  • The Times, Monday, Aug 03, 1908
  • The Times, Tuesday, Aug 04, 1908
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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Tuesday, Aug 04, 1908
  2. London Evening Standard - Tuesday 04 August 1908