CHANNEL SWIM A FAIRY-TALE FEAT
SPACER’S BIG HOAX IN WATER FIVE MINUTES By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 1.15 p.m. PARIS, Sunday. The “Echo de Paris” correspondent at Calais declares that Spacek’s claim that he swam the Channel is a mere hoax. He arrived at Calais on Tuesday, and left on Thursday, when he motored to Wissant accompanied by a photographer. There Spacek hired a room, changed into swimming costume and bathed for five minutes, then rushed out because the water was too cold. He returned to Calais and went from there to Paris. No boat-owner in Calais lent a boat for a Channel swim, and experts declare that neither the wind nor the condition of the water made the attempt possible last week.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 69, 13 June 1927, Page 9
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