SWIMMING EXTRAORDINARY.

Evening Star, Issue 4219, 4 September 1876, Page 4

SWIMMING EXTRAORDINARY.

1 Agnes Beckwith, the daughter of the •Well-known swimming. instructor, recently accomplished the feat of swimming, from Ohelejea to Greenwich, a dis- ' tancegotten mile?, in 2hrs. 46min., a time which has never been approached by any other female swimmer. Starting on the best of the ebb tide from a boat near the Chelsea old bridge at nine minutes past three, the swimmer at : once commenced a steady breast Stroke which she; maintained the whole ‘ynj, Westminster Bridge Which, r ! Hke all. the other bridges through which the swimmer passed, was crowded, was reached hi 49min., and London Bridge at 31 min. past four, i ‘ The water from this point, was unlike ’ what . had been * passed beatifully smooth—-and the swimmer received much encouragement from the crews of the various ships moored in the river. At three minuted past five, while " 'going" weir, she'- jjSfcSSed 5 'thff-‘Shadwell entrance to the London Docks and at

thirty-eight minutes past five Mill wall Pier,' Uupon arriving at the Ship at Greenwich the swimmer left the water,

comparatively fresh, at fifty five minutes

past five, the time for the journey, as 0 taken-by a Benson’s chronograph, being 2hrß. 46min. 25sec. No refreshments -were taken during the long swim.