LEGLESS SWIMMER’S FEAT.
100 MILES COMPLETED. NEW~YORK, Aug. 28. The legless swimmer, Charles Zimmy, completed 100 miles of his 143-mile non-stop swim from Albany to New York shortly after 100 hours’ swimming. He is now travelling two miles an hour. He dined on chicken brotli, ham sandwiches, steak, coffee and ginger ale.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 30 August 1937, Page 7
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52LEGLESS SWIMMER’S FEAT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 30 August 1937, Page 7
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