^"Motor Cyclist's Seventh Win : HIT CONCRETE POST". The News. Vol. XXIV, no. 3, 717. South Australia. 20 June 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 7 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia. ,...Douglas J. Pirie, aged 28, a winner of many races, undeterred by previous smashes, was a competitor. He got off the mountain-side track in a thick mist in the fifth lap, and crashed into a concrete fence post, snapping it off at the base. He was hurled into the air with his machine, which hit three more posts, snapping each off higher up as it rose. Pirie was thrown on his face on the roadway, and sustained severe head injuries.- He died later in hospital...
^"Motor Cyclist's Seventh Win : HIT CONCRETE POST". The News. Vol. XXIV, no. 3, 717. South Australia. 20 June 1935. p. 13. Retrieved 7 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia. ,...Douglas J. Pirie, aged 28, a winner of many races, undeterred by previous smashes, was a competitor. He got off the mountain-side track in a thick mist in the fifth lap, and crashed into a concrete fence post, snapping it off at the base. He was hurled into the air with his machine, which hit three more posts, snapping each off higher up as it rose. Pirie was thrown on his face on the roadway, and sustained severe head injuries.- He died later in hospital...