ATTEMPT TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL.
Holbein Agjain Falls Press Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright. Received September 3, 9 a.m. LONDON, September 2. M. A. Holbein made another unsuccessful attempt to swim from Dover to Calais. He was immersed for 17 hours 20 minutes, and got within fojiir miles of the French coast, when an., adverse current carried him back four miles, rendering the struggle hopeless. The water was smooth and warm.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11042, 3 September 1903, Page 5
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69ATTEMPT TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11042, 3 September 1903, Page 5
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