A lniiTii'iuie holds the best time record for one mile, eoveviiifr the distance in half a second. A balloon has done the mile in forty seconds. The third place is held by a railway engine, in 33.57 seconds. Since the besriiiiiinj: of the sixteenth century Spain has lost nearly 700 wai vessels by shipwreck.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 113, 28 September 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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