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July 24 1897. FINISH: 2:30am. July 25. TIME: 15h 10m. E-F. Temp. 60°f. - 64°f. Admiralty Pier, dove off the Boat to 3 miles off C.G.Nez.Swimmer(s) McNally, Peter S.Date 24/07/18971897Duration of swim 15:00Pilot Capt. BinghamPilot boat A small Lugger, Skylark Trainer Charles Brown of Boston.Notes Failed just short of Cap Gris Nez. Stroke; Breast stroke, a little side stroke. Grease; Cod liver oil, as no Porpoise oil could be procured. Food; Extract of Beef, Essence of ginger, Chewing Tobacco to prevent his tongue from swelling. Cramp in arms, legs. And neck. Blindness and delirium. He was forcibly removed from the water. Blind and Delirious. Cramp and Nausea, swollen tongue, throat and nostrils raw.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mew, Horace - 24/08/1905Description START 7 08am. FINISH 1 30pm. Price of Wales Pier - swam 11 miles, to Varne shoal. Grease; White Lard. Side stroke, 31 per min. He hit rough conditions over the Varne shoal. Temp 64'f. Celluloid reading shade. Rubber Cap. Food; Hot milk, Bovril, Chocolate, Sanatogen.Swimmer(s) Mew, HoraceDate 24/08/1905Duration of swim 06:22Pilot Capt. John Burwill. William Burwill, John Bingham.Pilot boat Spartan luggerNotes On board; T Flux, W Russell of Shanklin, Mr Oliver Jones, son of Mr Bavington Jones who was with Webb when he made his successful swim, George Harding, Whorwell.Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mew, Horace - 24/07/1906Description START 2 26am. FINISH. 10 30am. Shakespeare Beach - swam 10 ½ miles. Grease; Lard, Beeswax, Collodian. Food; Chocolate, Sterilized Milk, Preserved chicken breasts, Raw eggs. Temp varied between 53 and 59’f. Underarm side stroke, 32 to 34 per min. High water 1. 21am. Spring tide.Swimmer(s) Mew, HoraceDate 24/07/1906Duration of swim 08:04Pilot Edward McKeen, Capt MasonPilot boat Liberia tugTrainer Wauchope WatsonNotes His father, Weidman, Burgess and 25 others on board. Attempt for the Alexander Challenge Cup. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mew, Horace - 28/08/1906Description START. 4 58am. FINISH. 11 34am. West Bay Beach - halfway across Food; Hot Chocolate, Chicken. Temp 62’f. Swallowed a lot of water. Left arm under, side stroke.Swimmer(s) Mew, HoraceDate 28/08/1906Duration of swim 06:36Pilot W. Bingham & Jack WeidmanPilot boat Spartan luggerNotes West BaySuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mearns, James - 08/08/1908Description Started South Foreland. Removed from water exhaustedSwimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 08/08/1908Duration of swim 14:00Pilot Captain BirchfieldPilot boat Sea Wolfe steam yachtTrainer Billy KellingleyNotes TRYING TO SWIM CHANNEL Dover, Aug. 10. In an attempt to swim the English Channel, James Mearns, the Scottish chnmpion, nearly lost his life. Leaving the English coast Saturday night, he was within three miles of France, after being in the water fourteen hours. Mearns was persistent and he labored unti he became so exhausted that one of his attendants (Billy Kellingley) aboard a tug had to jump in the water fully dressed and support the swimmer until he could be rescued: Lethbridge Daily Herald, Canada, Aug 10 1908Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mearns, James - 23/08/1908Description Heavy winds and strong seas. Abandoned after 8 milesSwimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 23/08/1908Duration of swim 03:10Notes In his second attempt to swim across the English Channel, which was started yesterday morning, James Mearns, of Aberdeen, the Scottish champion long-distance swimmer, had the bad fortune to be caught in half a gale of wind about two hours after starting. On his first attempt, a fortnight ago, Mearns narrowly missed achieving his object, in a fine swim of fourteen hours. The heavy seas set up by the strong wind yesterday caused the captain of the tug, after Mearns had covered eight miles in three hours and ten minutes, to advise the abandonment of the attempt, as it would be madness to continue it in such conditions. That this advice was right was proved by the Strong gale which sprang up in the Channel a few hours later. Among those who accompanied Mearns on his swim were Councillors Duncan and Leith, of the Aberdeen Town Council, and Mr. F. Brew and Mr. G. Henry, captain and secretary respectively of the Aberdeen Swimming Club, to which Mearns belongs. An exciting adventure befell a boatload of the party who were attempting to find a place for the swimmer to start from. In the darkness, soon after two o’clock yesterday morning, the boat struck a rock and narrowly escaped capsizing. At length the effort to get the boat ashore was given up, and Mearns was greased in the boat and had to swim ashore before he could make his start: Manchester Guardian 24 August 1908 Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mearns, James - 07/09/1908Description Abandoned at 2.06 am after 14 miles. Started Shakespeare Cliff 8.25 pm. Pilot boat Gnat tug, trainers and pacemakers, Jack Weidman and Professor BiberoSwimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 07/09/1908Duration of swim 06:20Pilot boat Gnat tugTrainer Jack Weidman and Professor BiberoNotes Shakespeare Beach (Admiralty Pier)Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Mahoney, Samuel - 11/09/1908Description Probable scamSwimmer(s) Mahoney, SamuelDate 11/09/1908Duration of swim 19:55Pilot boat Sophie of BoulogneTrainer Henry HamblinNotes THE CHANNEL SWIM. AN AMERICAN YARN: The "wonderful feat" of Sam Mahoney, USA, who according to a Boston paper succeeded in swimming the English Channel in September last, proves to be little more than a "wonderful" effort of imagination, says the Boulogne correspondent of the "Evening News". In the Boston journal, which gave a page headline to Sam Mahoney's stealthy swim, a certificate was quoted from the master and crew of the French tug Sophie, which was said to have accompanied the modest swimmer during his exploit. Here is the tug master's version of the mysterious performance - "Mahoney and two others," he says "hired my tug on September 12. The boat left Boulogne Harbour at 6 am. After greasing Mahoney made several swims lasting about an hour each. Several photographs were taken of the 'swim' and another showed the 'send off' by spectators in a small boat flying the Stars and Stripes. "Mahoney was unable to battle with the six knot current and he eventually returned to Boulogne on the Sophie. "The tug boat," added the captain "was never more than four miles fiom the French coast". The Sydney Morning Herald Fri 25 Dec 1908Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Mearns, James - 06/08/1910Swimmer(s) Mearns, JamesDate 06/08/1910Duration of swim 09:15Notes South ForelandSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Meyer, Edward - 31/08/1910Description Started 11.56 am South Foreland, abandoned due to irritation of eyes at 2.50 pm after 5 3/4 milesSwimmer(s) Meyer, EdwardDate 31/08/1910Duration of swim 02:54Pilot BrockmanPilot boat Columbia tugNotes Was originally supposed to be a race with Dutch champion Piet Ooms but Ooms never startedSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Meyer, Edward - 03/09/1911Swimmer(s) Meyer, EdwardDate 03/09/1911Duration of swim 05:03Pilot boat Java tugNotes Admiralty PierSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Meyer, Edward - 11/07/1913Description Abandoned due to rough seasSwimmer(s) Meyer, EdwardDate 11/07/1913Duration of swim 01:09Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Michel, Georges - 27/07/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 27/07/1922Duration of swim 16:00Pilot boat EcllaireurNotes Cap Gris Nez. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 02/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 02/08/1922Duration of swim 02:00Notes Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 03/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 03/08/1922Duration of swim 09:00Notes Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 14/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 14/08/1922Duration of swim 07:10Notes Boulogne. Dail Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 20/08/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 20/08/1922Duration of swim 18:30Pilot boat Sea SmackNotes Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 02/09/1922Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 02/09/1922Duration of swim UnknownNotes Point du Ridan. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Morris, Tom - 07/09/1922Swimmer(s) Morris, TomDate 07/09/1922Duration of swim 02:08Notes Sat 9 Sept 1922 newspaper: Tom Morris, the Australian, after swimming four miles from Dover, owing to continuous sea-sicknéss, gave up his attempt to swim the Channel. Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Michel, Georges - 08/08/1923Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 08/08/1923Duration of swim 20:00Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Maciel, Romeo - 11/08/1923Swimmer(s) Maciel, RomeoDate 11/08/1923Duration of swim 04:30Notes Shakespeare Beach. Daily Sketch £1000 prize attemptSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) England-France (657)Michel, Georges - 02/09/1923Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 02/09/1923Duration of swim 10:30Success/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)Michel, Georges - 08/08/1926Swimmer(s) Michel, GeorgesDate 08/08/1926Duration of swim 13:00Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736)MacLellan, Miss Mona - 03/09/1926Swimmer(s) MacLellan, Miss MonaDate 03/09/1926Duration of swim 11:30Notes Cap Gris NezSuccess/failure Failed (725)Direction(s) France-England (736) PAGE: 1234Next >