NEW ZEALAND WOMAN SWIMS LAKE NYASA.—Miss D. Cleverley, aged 29, a New Zealand school teacher in Southern Rhodesia, who was the first person to swim the 21 miles across Lake Nyasa. The swim, from Fort Maguire, on the eastern shore of the lake, to Grand Beach, Salima, took 9hr 53min. LEFT: Miss Cleverley receiving a cup of hot soup, with which she was fed every two hours. RIGHT: Celebrating her achievement with a glass of champagne.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30038, 24 January 1963, Page 5
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76NEW ZEALAND WOMAN SWIMS LAKE NYASA.—Miss D. Cleverley, aged 29, a New Zealand school teacher in Southern Rhodesia, who was the first person to swim the 21 miles across Lake Nyasa. The swim, from Fort Maguire, on the eastern shore of the lake, to Grand Beach, Salima, took 9hr 53min. LEFT: Miss Cleverley receiving a cup of hot soup, with which she was fed every two hours. RIGHT: Celebrating her achievement with a glass of champagne. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30038, 24 January 1963, Page 5
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