24-MILE SWIM
BIG PRIZE ATTACHED. New York, July 13. A message from Lake George (per York State) says that William Keating, a New York swimming instructor won the 24-mile swimming marathon on Lake George for a 5000 dollars prize, finishing at 4.30 this morning, 18 hours 47 minutes lo seconds after the start from Hague. New York. Few of the hundred odd starters, *neluding several English Channel swimmers, were able to withstand the icy water and treacherous currents.(A. and N.ZA
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 179, 14 July 1927, Page 3
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