THE RECORD BEATEN.
An American paper just to hand gives the followInc particulars of the passaga of the Inman liner City °i I'aria from Q.iemstown to New York:"She arrived at Sandy Hook at, 11.15 a.m. of May 8. She broke all records from Qneenstown. Her corrected time was 5 days 23 hours 1 minutes. The best previous record was by the Ktruria, 8 days 1 hour 54 minutes. It i 3 the first voyage across the Atlantic made in less than six days. There were many men in maritime cirdes who prophesied that, the trip would never be made in less than that time. On the first day out from Liveipool the City of Paris covered 415 miles, the next day 194, the third 505,
the fourth 511, the afth 501, and in the last fraotlon of a day 392. She not only broke the record for the run, but also that for a day, having made 611 miles. The longest run previously made In a single day was 605, by the Umbrla, of the Ounard lino.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8627, 17 October 1889, Page 1
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177THE RECORD BEATEN. Otago Daily Times, Issue 8627, 17 October 1889, Page 1
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