Unfortunately - no mention of the type of car.
Larry
PARIS, FRANCE--Isadora Duncan, the American dancer,
tonight met a tragic death at Nice on the Riviera. According to
dispatches from Nice Miss Duncan was hurled in an
extraordinary manner from an open automobile in which she
was riding and instantly killed by the force of her fall to the
stone pavement.
Affecting, as was her habit, an unusual costume, Miss Duncan
was wearing an immense iridescent silk scarf wrapped about
her neck and streaming in long folds, part of which was
swathed about her body with part trailing behind. After an
evening walk along the Promenade de Anglais about 10
o'clock, she entered an open rented car, directing the driver
to
take her to the hotel where she was staying.
As she took her seat in the car neither she nor the driver
noticed that one of the loose ends fell outside over the side
of
the car and was caught in the rear wheel of the machine.
Dragged Bodily From the Car.
The automobile was going at full speed when the scarf of
strong silk suddenly began winding around the wheel and with
terrific force dragged Miss Duncan, around whom it was
securely wrapped, bodily over the side of the car,
precipitating
her with violence against the cobblestone street. She was
dragged for several yards before the chauffeur halted,
attracted by her cries in the street.
Medical aid immediately was summoned, but it was stated that
she had been strangled and killed instantly.
This end to a life full of many pathetic episodes was received
as a great shock in France, where, despite her numerous
eccentric traits, Miss Duncan was regarded as a great artist.
Her great popularity in France was increased by the entire
nation's sympathy when in 1913 her two young children also
perished in an automobile tragedy. The car in which they had
been left seated started, driverless, down a hill and plunged
over a bridge into the Seine River. [The article continues.]
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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