From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Newspaper clipping about a fatal speed boat disaster on Lake Windermere.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\5\ img189 | |
| Date | 14th June 1930 | |
| Derby Daily Telegraph 100 M.P.H. DIVE TO DEATH MYSTERY OF SPEED BOAT DISASTER ROLLS-ROYCE SYMPATHY DERBY OFFICIAL'S HURRIED VISIT TO WINDERMERE POLICE are still dragging Lake Windermere for the body of Mr. P. V.{VIENNA} Conrad Halliwell, the Mickleover engineer, who was drowned in the speed boat disaster yesterday when Sir Henry Segrave was dashed to his death after gaining the world's speed boat record at 100 miles an hour. Mr. Halliwell was chief tester of aero engines at Messrs. Rolls-Royce works, Derby, and his fellow workers and the firm have sent letters of sympathy to Mrs. Halliwell and Lady Segrave. Mrs. Halliwell, who had been staying near Windermere, saw the accident from a launch. The cause of the accident is still a mystery, and is not likely to be solved until the ill-fated boat is brought to the surface. Mr. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} DeLOOZE, secretary to Messrs. Rolls-Royce, left Derby hurriedly to-day, and travelled by road to Windermere. Mrs. DeLooze informed a "Derby Telegraph" representative this afternoon that her husband had left at practically a minute's notice. "Undoubtedly something very important is on hand," she said, "and I hope to hear from him over the week-end." | ||