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Married. Mrs. Ella C. Bond, 58, of Oshkosh, Wis., "Bluebird of the G. A. R.," niece of Civil War General Ambrose Everett Burnside; and Col. Ira R. Wildman, 85, Civil War drummer, of Danbury, Conn.; in Danbury...
...live years Sir Malcolm Campbell has been trying to learn how it would feel to drive Bluebird, his 2,500-h.p., 28 ft., 6-ton automobile, at 300 m.p.h. Last week at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, he found...
...good lads shoved me off and the Bluebird made a good getaway in first speed. . . . Ahead of me stretched a seemingly illimitable field of glaring white with an eight-inch black strip down the centre to guide me. . . . Faster & faster I went. It was the first time a world's high-speed record had been attempted on salt. . . . I passed my first marker, a huge 'No. 6' three feet high, painted on a large square board. This indicated to me that I had six miles to go before I reached the beginning of the measured mile...
Rules of the International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs which govern records like Sir Malcolm's call for two runs in opposite directions, to be completed within an hour. With new tires on Bluebird, Sir Malcolm started his second run with eight minutes of the hour left. After averaging his time for the two runs, American Automobile Association officials announced the result as 299.875 m.p.h. Disgusted at having missed his objective by an eyelash, Driver Campbell said he would try again next morning. Four hours later, he was told that a bungling timer had made an error in arithmetic...
Ever since he shot his $180,000 Bluebird over a measured mile at 272.108 m. p. h. two years ago, lean, hawk-nosed Sir Malcolm Campbell has longed to be the first man to break 300. Back at Daytona Beach last fortnight he made a "test run," reached only 233 m. p. h. when his cowling broke, forced him to stop. Next day he hit 270, decided to await better conditions for a real speed attempt. One afternoon last week fire sirens wailed all over Daytona, brought 50,000 people running to the beach...