SWIMMING THE CHANNEL
;i WOMAN’S FINE ATTEMPr r FOUR MILES FROM GRISNEZ -t | £j By Cable.—C ent Association —Copsr*** 4 rl LONDON, TuesdayS j Mrs. Corson, who swam the Channe. i on August 28 last year, abandoned r ) splendid ; ttempt to cross to-diy Lon h Dover when she was four mile-* irorn a ! Cape Grisnez, after being in the witter n • for nine hours and 36 minutes y i left the south foreland about * u | and was taken from the water at [f. p.m.. shivering and exhausted, e The swimmer was beaten by ” cold water. She started, und«.r e favourable conditions. At first ■» _ was twice attacked with sickness. •> ‘ I recovered, and then made Hplen~~ progress in spite of a freshening bree ‘ ; and rough sea. Later the - ; dropped suddcrlv, and Mrs. --or * , ! complained of the cold, and began"* l 1 j cry. Although the French coo* y*” ; ; well in sight, her pilot and T9ZzLs decided that it was useless to c * ® on, as the tide was taking her do d channel. It was a hitter dexsaL Mrs. Corson had previously ac S j plished the swim n the oppo- " direction.—A. a.ii K.Z. „ n . =
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 144, 8 September 1927, Page 6
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