CHANNEL SWIM
CLAIM DECLARED A HOAX. Paris, June 12. The Echo de Paris correspondent at Calais declares that Spacek’s claim that he swam the Channel is a mere hoax. He arrived at Calais on Tuesday and left on Thursday when he motored to Wissant accompanied by a photographer. There Spacek hired a room, changed into swimming costume, bathed five minutes and then rushed out because the water was too cold. He returned to Calais and went thence to Paris. No boat owner in Calais lent a boat for the Channel swim. Experts declare that neither the wind nor conditions of the water made the attempt possible last week.—A. and NX
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Southland Times, Issue 20203, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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110CHANNEL SWIM Southland Times, Issue 20203, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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