NO TROUBLE TO HER
SOUTH AFRICAN GIRL SWIMS CHANNEL FRESH AT FINISH Reed. 11.40 a.m. LONDON, Wed. Miss Peggy Duncan, aged 19, * South African, swam the English Channel in 161 hours. She landed at Dover, where she was hailed on her wonderful achievement. Miss Duncan made a remarkable spurt over the last 100 yards, as if competing in a race. She was not exhausted, and climbed out unaided. She is the first person to swim the Channel this year. The coldness of the water and the flood tide which swept her away from her course when she was quite close to Dover Harbour spoiled her chances of creating a record. Sixteen people have previously swum the Channel, six of them women. Only Captain Webb, Burgess and Sullivan succeeded in swimming from England to France. Miss Duncan hopes to attempt this next year.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1074, 11 September 1930, Page 9
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142NO TROUBLE TO HER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1074, 11 September 1930, Page 9
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