CHANNEL SWIM A FAIRY-TALE FEAT
SPACER’S BIG HOAX IN WATER FIVE MINUTES j-j cable. —Press Association.—Copyright PARIS, Sunday. The “Echo de Paris” correspondent a t Calais declares that Spacek’s claim that he swam the Channel is a mere hoax. He arrived at Calais on Tuesday, ana 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 irom there to Paris. So 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 70, 14 June 1927, Page 13
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