TIME
Henry F. Sullivan of Lowell, Mass., swam the English Channel from Dover to Calais. (Although the distance was only 22.5 miles as the crow flies, he swam approximately 56 miles miles.) Sullivan, 31, made his first unsuccessful attempt to swim the channel ten years ago and has made five other unsuccessful attempts since then.
The crossing consumed 26 hours, 50 minutes of his time. (In 1875 Captain Mathew Webb swam the channel in 21 hours, 45 minutes. In 1911 Thomas Burgess did it in 22 hours, 35 minutes.)
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