DAYTONA DISASTER

Northern Advocate, 16 March 1929, Page 9

DAYTONA DISASTER

SEGRAVE CRATES MACHINE INTREPID PHOTOGRAPHERS. SCREEN TRIBUTE TO TBAUB. (Australian Press Association,) (Received 9 n,m.)

NEW YORK, March 14.

At Daytona Beach, Major Segravo said he would immediately crate the Golden Arrow and ship it back! to England. He would not race an 'automobile in the United States again this year, and possibly never again.’ He expects, however, that nothirg will interfere with the execution of his plans to 1 attack the motor boat record in the contests soon to be held off the Miami coast, in which his boat, the Miss England, will have as her principal rival the Miss America IY, belonging to a noted American boat racer, Mr Garwood, Major. Segrava hopes that his boat will reach a speed of 90 miles an hour.

A memorial gesture to the photographer, Charles Traul?, who was killed in the Lee Bible smash, will be the world-wide showing of the. “Pathe News" reel pictures which ho was making when ho was crushed to death.

The pictures were saved from : the wreckage of his camera, which, he attended to the end, following the photographers' commandment: “Get your picture."

Mr Ray Hill, editor of “Bathe News,/’ speaking of similar incidents said: “They are the bravest men I know." He recalled the escape of a photographer last year when the car ’ in, which Lockhart was killed somersaulted over the cameraman's head.

SPEED VALUE DEBATED.

CONTRARIETY OF OPINION.

(Australian Press Association.) (Received 3.7, p.m.) :• LONDON, March 14. ; Lee Bible's death in the crash afi, Daytona Bands has caused a controversy in motoring circles on the value of such speeds. A. P. Edge/a veteran racer and now a manufacturer/ says that speed ears are unlike .-ordinary in design and construction, and 1 records are worthless in so far as. general, ■ deyelopment is concerned. Kaye Don said there;"was .'a;, big query in his -mind as- to 1 Whether’’ White's car was suitable, but-a-.ban’ on record breaking would retard motor construction and development. Earl Howe (formerly Viscount Cureon) points put that fatal accidents occur in steeplechasing, but it has. not been suggested that stecplechasing r ‘ should be stopped. , , ; Sir Herbert Austin said that such, attempts were of value from, the point of view of international propaganda, but he considered the attempts were going, beyond requirements. Person*, ally he" believed that Bible; I6st.::his life through the, brakes’. burning that the motorist had tried to? .apply them, but had, found they were useless, .Thesecretary •• of the . Royal '-Adtor mobile Club says tlmt Loekhhrt /was killed at Daytona, but his death drew attention to wheel cramp and resulted ih big improvements in- the steering of • racing cars.

■CAMPBELL STILL. KEEN.

NEW RECORD AMBITION.

(Australian tress Association.) (Received 10.7 a-.im.) CAPETOWN, March 15, Captain Malcolm. Campbell saj3 that criticism of his efforts adds to his keenness to race at the “Pan.?/ He states: GMy best answer-to erl« ticism will be a hew speed record. I still hope to make it.” • -

ANOTHER ASPIRANT,

KAYE. DON WILL OHALLENGEL

(Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Received 11 amp) , LONDON, March 15. . Undeterred by the Daytona tragedy,.,, the famous racing driver, Kaye Don, will tackle Major Segrave’s record inL 1930, in a specially designed , cap able of 260 miles per hour.