THE CHANNEL SWUM.
FOURTEEN AND A-HALF HOURS. “A HUMAN TORPEDO.” (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, August 4. A Nottingham man, Tom Blower, aged 23, whom the pilot describes as a “human torpedo, and the fastest Channel swimmer I have piloted,’’ opened the Channel swimming season. He started from Gris Nez at 4 a.m. and landed at Dover at 6.26 p.m. Conditions were favourable. The record from Gris Nez to Dover is llhrs smin, put up by Georges Michel, a Fi’enchman, on September 10, 1926. The following is a list of those who have swum the Channel, together with the time taken by each swimmer:—G. Michel (Sept. 10, 1926) 11 hours 5 minutes; H. Vierkorter (Aug. 30, 1926) 12.30; N. L. Derham (Sept. 17 1926) 13.57: E. H. Temme (Aug. 5, W 27) 14.29; Miss G. Ederle (Aug. 6, 1926) 14.39; Miss Gleitze (Oct. 7, 1927) 16.15; Mrs Corson (Aug. 28, 1926) 15.28; E. Tiroboschi (Aug. 12, 1923) 16.33; C. Toth (Sept. 9, 1923) 16.54; Capt. W. Webb (Aug. 25, 1875) 21.45; T W. Burgess (Sept. 6, 1911) 22.35; H. Sullivan (Aug. 6, 1923) 27.23; Miss Ivy Hawkes (Aug. 19, 1928) 1943; Hilda Sharp (Aug. 24, 1928) 14.58; J. Helmy (Sept. 1, 1928) 23.40; Peggy Duncan (Sept. 10, 1930) 16.50; Miss Sunny Lowry (Aug. 28-29, 1933) 15.45; Emma Faber (Aug. 19, 1934) 14.40; B. H. Temme (Aug. 19, 1934) 15.54; Haydn Taylor (Aug. 22, 1935) 14.48. OFFICIAL TIME 13 Hrs 29 Min. (Received This- Day, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 4. Blower’9 official time for the Channel swim was 13hrs 29min,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 252, 5 August 1937, Page 5
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263THE CHANNEL SWUM. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 252, 5 August 1937, Page 5
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