CHANNEL SWIM.
MISS GLEITZK SETS OUT UN SECOND ATTEMPT.
VINDICATION OF HONOR OI ENGLAND.
LONDON. U c t, 3 b
Alias Gleitze left for Cape Grisnez in vindication of her swim and the honor of England. She was farewelled by enthusiastic crowds. She declared that she was confident of success, which view, ;« plot shared by expert Channel swimmers, many of whom say it is suicidal owing to the coldness. Miss Gleitze says - Dr Logan cried her best to dissuade her because she feels responsible, “but,” she adds, “we have been let down in the eyes of America, France, and others, whose representatives attempted the Channel swim.”—A.N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10412, 20 October 1927, Page 5
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106CHANNEL SWIM. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10412, 20 October 1927, Page 5
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