SPEED BOATS
SIR H. SEGRAVE’S SUCCESS
MISS AMERICA DAMAGED
(United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Cdpyright.)
(Received this day at 8.30. a.m.) VENICE, September 14,
Sir H. Segrave doing 93} miles had passed Miss America at tli'e first turn. Further racing is now cancelled. The Crown Prince’s cup was awarded to Sir H. Segrave for a speed of 92} miles attained on 12th September. When striving to overtake Segrave in Miss England at to miles an hour in the race for the Counvolpis Cup at Lido regatta, Miss America, piloted by Phil Wood, brother of the owner, Gar Wood, struck Segrave s wash. Both Wood and the mechanic were pitched into the water "and Miss America went on without a guide, jumped into the air and flopped into the water upside down. The hull is a hopeless wreck, but the engines are little damaged. A sister speedboat hurried to the spot and picked up the crew. Tire mechanic was unconscious and almost drowned. Both were^ sent to the hospital. . j / . : L;
The race will' be re-run to-morrow,; but Miss America’s sister is not believed to be fast enough for Miss England.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1929, Page 6
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