HALLIWELL'S BODY RECOVERED

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 16 June 1930, Page 5

HALLIWELL'S BODY RECOVERED

FOUND CLOSE TO SUNKEN BOAT (Received 16th June, 9.5 a.m. LONDON, 14th Juno. Hailiwell's body was-dragged up close to the sunken "Miss England." A pencil, was still clutched in one hand and a piece of paper in the other. Ho was apparently making notes of the boat's speed and engine revolutions when the disaster occurred. PROBABLE CAUSE OF DISASTER FLOATING OBSTACLE STRUCK (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 15th June. Ai the inquest on Segrave counsel for Sir Henry's father slated that evidence as to the probable cause of the disaster as now available and would be produced it 'he appropriate time. After the inquest had been adjourned Lord Brecknock, on behalf of the Marine Motoring Association, issued a statement signed by technical experts who re-

ported that they were agreed the boat engino and transmission gear wore all in perfect condition for the first two laps and part of tho third, when apparently something happened to _ cause the disaster. From an examination of the boat before it sank it appeared that tho front step on the port side was torn away. Later tho missing portion of tho step was received and it furnished sufficient evidence to indicate the probable cause of the disaster, namely, that a floating obstacle was hit by the rear portion of the step, causing it to be torn off. Subsequently it had been learned that twenty minutes after tho disaster a waterlogged branch of a tree approximately twenty feet in length and three inches in diameter was picked up two hundred yards astern of the boat, and as near as can be ascertained in its direct path. - t I