96¼ MILES AN HOUR
MOTOR BOAT RECORD MISS AMERICA'S SUCCESS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received April 19. 11'a.m.) NEW YORK, April 18. At Miami Beach, Gar Wood established a new world record for motor boats of 96.25 miles an hour, with the latest boat, Miss America VIII. Perfect weather favored Wood on the Indian Creek course, the surface of which was almost as smooth as a mirror.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17238, 19 April 1930, Page 5
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