KILLED IN COLLISION
RACING MOTORIST'S FATE NEW YORK. May 30 In the-Indianapolis 500-mile motorcar race to-day, last year's winner, Floyd Roberts, was killed in a collision with two other cars, whose drivers and two women spectators were injured. The event was won by Wilbur Shaw, with an average speed of 115.035 miles an hour. Jimmy Snyder (Chicago) was second, and Cliff Bergere (Hollywood) third.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23361, 1 June 1939, Page 11
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