GREAT SWIM BY A GIRL
A RECORD FEAT BRISTOL CHANNEL CROSSED FIRST TIME IN HISTORY By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Monday. Miss Kathleen Thomas, a 20-year-old Penarth girl, achieved for the first time in history a feat regarded as the equal of the English Channel swim. She swam the Bristol Channel. Miss Thomas started from Penarth at 4.15 in the morning, and arrived at Weston-super-Mare at 11.35. The distance is 12 miles, but Kathleen swam nearer 20 owing to the dangerous currents, of the seven rivers running in, as well as one of the highest tides in the world. Previous attempts have always failed before halfway has been reached. Kathleen’s swim was a secret. She refused to disclose her training-place, to avoid publicity. It was not till she had nearly reached Weston that the crowd saw her. The whole town rushed to the beach to see her land. She was perfectly fresh, and swam strongly the whole way, except for one bad patch in the centre of the channel, where there are seven different tides, through which she was directed by her brother, a Bristol Channel pilot. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 1
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