GIRL’S LONG SWIM.
THE KATTEGAT CROSSED. WORLD RECORD SET UP. Received August 10, 10.5 a.m. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 9. Jenny KammerSgaard, a farmer’s daughter, aged 19 and weighing 15 stone, after a 30-hours struggle with the waves and currents in the Kattegat swam from Zealand Island to Jutland, a distance of 88 kilometres. This is a -world record. She wore stockings, a waterproof watch and a bathing cap and was greased all over. She subsisted on hot potatoes, soup, pigeon, tomatoes and bread and butter. Thousands cheered her on landing.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 214, 10 August 1937, Page 7
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89GIRL’S LONG SWIM. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 214, 10 August 1937, Page 7
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