STRUCK WRECKAGE
MISS ENGLAND’S MISHAP
SPEED TEST POSTPONED (British Official Wireless.) Rec. noon. RUGBY, March 22. Major H. 0. D. Segravo- discovered during yesterday’s race at Mai mi that his craft had struck submerged wreckage, so that his speed had to be reduced, and the boat baled to keep it afloat. Major Segrave scored 701 points and Gar Wood 400. In view of the damage to Miss England, Major Segravo is not making today, his projected attempt on the water record. He is going to Washington to receive the international trophy from the Vice-President of the United States, and to meet .the British Ambassador, Sir Esrne Howard.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 5
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