TO SWIM THE CHANNEL.
frenchman* Promising Attempt.
(Received 9.30 ajr.)
LONDON, September 9. v Burgess, champion swimmer of Paris, starting from Dover swam 22 X, covering 15 towards Cape MansETto 8* hours. Heavy seas however Spelled the abandonment of his project tp swim the channel.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 217, 10 September 1904, Page 5
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