TO SWIM THE CHANNEL.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY HOLBEIN. Haggerty Drops Out. (Received 0.28 aj_.) LONDON, August 21. Holbein and Haggerty started from Dover to swim the channel on Saturday evening. Holbein is going strong, but Haggerty was seized with cramp, and abandoned the struggle after 9hr. 40min. [Captain Matthew Webb was the only swimmer who has ever accomplished, the feat of swimming from Dover to Calais, and no less than 29 years ago. Captain Webb was a strong rather than a fast swimmer, and he took 23j hours in accomplishing the 22$ miles necessary to reach the coast of France.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 200, 22 August 1904, Page 4
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100TO SWIM THE CHANNEL. Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 200, 22 August 1904, Page 4
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