YACHTSMAN INJURED
SPEEDBOAT MISHAP (Pes Press Association.) WELLINGTON, tins day. A severe injury to the right arm was received t?y M r - H- Barrett-Wood, the Melbourne yachtsman, who recently was concerned in thfc attempt to cross Cook Strait in an outboard launch. When he was 'testing a speedboat m Evan’s Bay on Saturday afternoon, Mr. BasTOtt-Wood was adjusting the engine «Ki the motor flew up and the flywheel, turning 4000 revolutions a minute, came in contact with his forearm, which was badly torn. He was admitted to hospital.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 7
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