AMAZING BOAT TRAGEDY
DEATH OF •MOTOR-HURDLER’ FLYWHEEL OF THE ENGINE BURST TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN MID-AIR By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, May 4. John Miller, a well-known motor-boat racer and originator of “motor-hurd-ling,” which he was endeavouring to popularise in Britain, was killed in the presence of hie wife, two daughters,’ a brother, and hundreds of spectators at St. Helen’s. Miller had a floating hurdle, composed of planks, at which he rushed hie speed boat, aiming to force the boat up. Prior to shooting over the obstacle onlookers begged Miller not to attempt the feat owing to the danger. Miller dashed at the hurdle at a terrific speed and caused the boat to leap six feet. A terrific explosion followed and Miller collapsed, terribly injured in the head by frag- A mente of the flywheel which' flew off owing to the engine racing, Miller having failed to shut off while the boat was in mid-air.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19300506.2.70
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1930, Page 8
Word Count
153AMAZING BOAT TRAGEDY Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1930, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.