IRISH CHANNEL SWIM.
ATTEMPT ABANDONED. (Australian Press Association —United Service.) LONDON. July 27. Miss Mercedes Gleitze attempted to swim the Irish Channel from Donaghadoe to Port Patrick. Scotland, (a distance in a straight line of twentytwo miles) but abandoned the effort after swimming thirteen miles in fourteen hours.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 205, 28 July 1928, Page 9
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48IRISH CHANNEL SWIM. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 205, 28 July 1928, Page 9
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