One often hears swimming enthusiasts argue incorrectly as to those who were successful in having swam the English Channel. For the benefit of readers wo now publish the names of those who managed to perform that feat:— Captain Matthew Webb. August 24-25, 187 b, 21hi. 45niin.- T. W. Burgess, September 5-6. 1911, 231ir. 4flmin.: 11. Sullivan, August 5-6, 1923, 26hr. 45min.; and then Tiraboscha (Argentine) accomplished the feat hist, season. His time and the exact date of the swim are not available.
In response to a request for volunteers for a transfusion of blood to a patient in the Hawera Hospital, three men and a woman offered their help (states the Hawera “Star”). After a medical test had been made, one of the men was chosen. Although the operation was quite a success, the patient died the following day, as the aid came too late to save her life.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 93, 14 January 1926, Page 13
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