Show tile longest swim on Ill ecord the longest swim ever made without the aid of arti artificial ricia I 1 help such as life preservers life suits etc was made by samuel brock a yarmouth england beachman fifty seven year years ago the night of oct it 11 IM 18 on tho the afternoon of the alth brock had noticed a ship at hen ben signaling for a pilot he ile in company with nine other aca u men started for the veel in the tile y yawl I 1 increase at 4 they came up aw alongside tho the ship cilich proved to be the spall spanish brig paquette de bilboa A pilot and arid three bea beachman beach climen men were put on board and the increase then headed for shore which IV waa twelve ailed distant at when the nearest land was still six miles off a squall bunk hunk the increase and drowned allon all on board except brocks brock from the way why that flood tide was be beating ng off shore it son I 1 became evident to the man mail in the water that it if he lie ever did lid manage to reach the tile land alive ho would have to swim about fifteen miles in fit a roundabout way A swell sea drove him out over cros sand ridge before the 9 bell tolled at st Nl nicholas cholas gate and it was a long ax X hours later before the tile nearly exhausted swimmer caught sight of the bell and light buoy them themselves es it was now nearly midnight and brock had bad been bee n I 1 in n th the e chilly water about five hours within the tile next hour lie bigoted bighted a vessel at anchor tod by an almost superhuman effort managed to get within about yards wit when en he hailed t tiie A boat was immediately lowered alja aulie hebald he half balf drowned man taken on board tast fiessel proved to be the betsy of sund r ad and her place of anc anchorage horage bout k aillo n from where the increase se a capsized I 1 dhus it was proved that brock had made the remarkable distance of nearly seventeen melesin mile in 7 74 hours on oil bat that chilly october night st I auls inep bile |