Police said the car, driven by
Guerny Smith, drove directly in front
of the passenger train after waiting
the crossing of a freight. The ma
chine was hurled high in the air and
the four occupants almost instantly
killed. They were on their way to
visit a grandmother of Miss Smith at
Blackbird.
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IN CHANNEL SWIM;
MAKING FAST TIME
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the shore in a high spray and the
waves were topped by whitecaps.
Some trainers of channel swimmers
prefer having their charges start on
the ebb tide, so it Is probable that some
aspirants will attempt to swim the
channel this week should the velocity
of the wind abate.
Others to Try Then.
Mme. Jane Sion, the French swim- I
mer, who had prepared to start last
week, postponed her attempt on I
account of the bad weather even after
her tug arrived at Gris-Nez from
Calais, and she, with Onier Perreault,
the Canadian swimmer, also expect
to try around Friday.
Arranging to swim the English
Channel is much like getting together
a three-ring circus with little hope of
having everything go off as planned.
Aside from weather conditions, all
plans must be perfect or the whole ad
venture is likely to suffer.
First of all the swimmer must have
a tug and a small boat to accompany
him over the course. The tugs, which
are hired by swimmers to accompany
them in their channel efforts, are
regularly employed In siding large
vessels in and out of Boulogne
Harbor. Therefore the swimmer must
give six hours notice when desiring
a tug for a swim.
