AHSME 1952 Problem 25

A powderman set a fuse for a blast to take place in $30$ seconds. He ran away at a rate of $8$ yards per second. Sound travels at the rate of $1080$ feet per second. When the powderman heard the blast, he had run approximately: $\textbf{(A)}\ \text{200 yd.} \textbf{(B)}\ \text{352 yd.} \textbf{(C)}\ \text{300 yd.} \textbf{(D)}\ \text{245 yd.} \textbf{(E)}\ \text{512 yd.}$