Show I I 1 I 00 FRENCH FRENCHO WOMAN FAILS IN LONG LONGS SWIM S W I 1 FEATURE DOVER ER England AUK Aug Au 5 C t Mile Sion the the French girl Irl swimmer failed last laet night In her effort to swim the English h chan chan- nel nd She was wae within a mile and anda a quarter of ot Dover when she gave ga up Although she eho failed In her ef effort ef- ef fort tort Mile Mlle Slon set et a record for tor women swimmers In the channel as the nearest any of the tho several members of ot her sex who have i at- at attempted tempted the feat teat has come to tha English shore was was five the miles Weather cother and water condition wore favorable when hen Mile Mlle SlOB Slon took her plunge at Cape Ne Gris-Ne- at 8 10 o'clock Tuesday morning The sea was unusually calm By Dy mid afternoon she had halt reached a point approximate half way across the tho water v ty WI and early earl In the tho evening had hal threshed her way to within it point five the miles from tho tha pier at Dover Do The rhe sea still sUIl remained rl calm but adverse all tides were hold hold- holdIng Ing back baek the swimmer At a n quarter to 11 o'clock la la t night she had fought her way in against the rising tido to about four miles from her objective Rain began falling faIling about this I time adding to 10 the trials of ot the tha swimmer She he fought on on how how- however however ever and at 11 o'clock had hod beatt her way In toward the tho shorn chore another half halt mile Apparently she still was swimming with witha a 0 or do determination to master mas mas- mater master ter the tho channel The final effort brought her to I within a 1 mile mUo and a a. quarter of at Dover er but the rushing tide end antI I the coldness of ot the theoter water oter forced her to give sho up She Sho was pulled i aboard the tho accompanying tur tuc tu I which did not come como into the tho pier here but put about and back for Franco France Mile Slon Sion left the water at 1140 p. p m. m having been swim swim- using for 13 hours and 30 min mm utes utts This Is a record for submersion sub sub- submersion submersion by women won |