CROSS-CHANNEL SWIM.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT FAILS.
Times-Sydney Sun Special Cable. (Received September 15, 6.55 p.m.) London, September 14. Montague Holbein, the well-known swimmer, attempted to swim the English Channel on Saturday. He entered the water at 12.55 in the morning and swam till 5 in the afternoon, when a heavy wind and nasty sea caused his abandonment of the venture.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15407, 16 September 1913, Page 7
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