New Speedboat Record Claimed
LONDON. Aug. 12. - Donald Campbell, the son of the late j Sir Malcolm Campbell, today claimed i he exceeded MO miles an hour on , Collision Water. I It is believed he unofficially broke the j world's water speed record of 141.74 ! miles an hour set up by his father 10 j years ago. Pie will make an official attempt on the record next Monday,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23024, 15 August 1949, Page 8
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