History of Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Dayto'na, a post-village of Volusia co, Fla, on the W. bank of the Halifax River, near the Atlantic Ocean, 47 miles by rail S.E. of Palatka. It has 4 churches, a bank, a newspaper office, and manufactures of lumber. Pop. 771.

Daytona, a banking post-town of Volusia oo., Fla., on the W. bank of the Halifax River, near the Atlantic Ocean, on the Florida East Coast R., 47 miles SE. of Palatka. It is largely engaged in orange and strawberry culture. Pop. in 1900, 1690.

Daytona Beach, Fla., March 14. (I.N.S.) - The tragic climax of the international speed tests, which resulted in death to LEE BIBLE, racing driver, and CHARLES TRAUB, a camerman, today plunged officials of Daytona Beach into deepest gloom and brought this year's death-defying races to an abrupt close.

BIBLE, a mechanic in a Daytona Beach garage, was killed yesterday afternoon, while thundering down the nine-mile ocean speedway in "The Triplex," the seven ton American car he was driving in an attempt to shatter the world's automobile speed record set Monday at 231.36 miles an hour by Major H. O. D. SEGRAVE of England. BIBLE'S powerful machine skidded on a wet spot on the beach course, swerved violently, leaped into the air, struck a sand dune and rolled back onto the beach. He was traveling at a speed of 202 miles an hour at the time of the accident.

TRAUB, standing at the edge of the course taking a picture, was struck before he could leave his tracks. His body was cut in two....