RACED TO DESTRUCTION
AMERICAN SPEED-BOAT MILLIONAIRE’S ESCAPE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (United Service) NEW YORK, Tuesday. Mr. G. Wood, a millionaire, who builds speed-boats fast enongh to beat express trans, narrowly escaped death to-day when his latest creation, Miss America VI., literally raced herself to destruction in the Detroit River. The estimated speed of the boat was 105 miles an hour. The engines were suddenly blown through the bottom of the craft. Spectators were watching the swiftly-moving streak when a crash came. Mr. Wood and his engineer were tossed into the air. There was no sigu Of the engines among the wreckage
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 434, 16 August 1928, Page 8
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102RACED TO DESTRUCTION Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 434, 16 August 1928, Page 8
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