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ENGLISH CHANNEL SWUM. YOUNG GIRL’S ACHIEVEMENT. REMARKABLE FINISH. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received September 11, 11 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 10. Miss Peggy Duncan, aged 19, a South African, swam the English Channel in sixteen and a quarter hours. She landed at Dover, where she was hailed on her wonderful achievement. . Miss Duncan made a remarkable spurt over the last one hundred yards, as if competing in a race. She was not exhausted and climbed out unaided. COLD WATER AND FLOOD TIDE. A British Official Wireless' message says that Miss Duncan is the first person to swim the Channel this year. The coldness of the water and the flood tide, which swept her away from her course when she was quite close to Dover Harbour, spoiled her chances of creating a record. Sixteen people have previously swum the Channel, six of them women. Only Captain Matthew Webb, Mr T. W. Burgess and Mr H. Sullivan have succeeded in swimming from England to France.
Miss Duncan hopes to attempt this next year.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 245, 11 September 1930, Page 7
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173GREAT FEAT Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 245, 11 September 1930, Page 7
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