A HOAX?
SPACER’S CHANNEL SWIM. A NEWSPAPER’S INVESTIGATIONS. BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT. Received 12.20 p.m. to-day. PARIS, June 12. The correspondent of the “Echo de Paris” at Calais declares that Spacek’s claim that he swam tlie English Channel is a mere hoax He arrived at Calais-on Tuesday aiid left on Thursday, when he motored to Wissant, accompanied by a photographer. There Spacek hired, a room, change into swimming costume, bathed for five minutes, and then rushed out because the water was too cold. He returned to Calais, and went thence to Paris. No boat owner in Calais lent a boat for a Chanel swim. Experts declare that neither the wind nor the condition of the water made the attempt possible last week.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 9
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121A HOAX? Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 9
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