Gar Wood’s Miss America X (7 Apr 1935)

Gar Wood’s Miss America X, a 4-motored assembly of 48 cylinders developing 7400 horsepower, establishes a world salt water speedboat record (118.58 MPH) on Indian Creek. [Photos] (7 Apr 1935) Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald Page: 8, Section: C

Gar Wood’s Miss America IX (20 Mar 1931)

Gar Wood’s Miss America IX sets a new world speed boat record of 101.154 MPH on Indian Creek, Miami Beach. (20 Mar 1931) Newspapers: The Miami News (weekly), Miami News-Metropolis, Miami Daily News or The Miami News Page: 1, Section: N/A

Gar Wood’s race boat Miss (16 Apr 1930)

Gar Wood’s race boat Miss America VIII sets a world record 96.25 MPH at Indian Creek, Miami Beach. (16 Apr 1930) Newspapers: The Miami News (weekly), Miami News-Metropolis, Miami Daily News or The Miami News Page: 1, Section: N/A

Permission to land the South (16 Nov 1920)

Permission to land the South American cable is denied. However, Miami has connection to Havana via Key West and the South American cable can be connected to Havana. (16 Nov 1920) Newspapers: Daily Miami Metropolis, The Miami Metropolis (daily), The Daily Metropolis or Miami Daily Metropolis Page: 1, Section: N/A

Ships

Click on the name of a ship to perform a search for that term. Disregard the Ships search result, as that contains the names of all ships. “dredge number 2” derrick barge 9 dredge number 10 sub chaser 95 (renamed to Service) sub chaser 154 sub chaser 205 cutter 214 cutter 247 cruiser 284 cutter … Continue reading Ships