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British artillerymen stationed at the summit of Langdon Stairs near Dover looked out to sea. They saw a snorting little tug-nothing unusual. But one keen-eyed soldier pointed to a tiny speck kicking up a faint spray. It must be another one of these channel swimmers...
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...England. When, after 14 hours and 31 minutes in the water, she had landed at Kingsdown Beach, beating by two hours the best male record for the Channel, herself the first woman in the world to swim across; when her tug, the Alsace, had taken her around to Dover and the crowd was shouting on the pier-a customs official came aboard. For an hour he kept the whole party waiting while he asked questions. What was her name? Her race? Her age? He turned to the stout, red-faced individual beside her. Would he be good enough to state...
Meanwhile up in Peekskill near the Bear Mountain Bridge across the Hudson the gentry shiver each night as they prepare to go to bed. They fear a repetition of the Dover disaster from the Navy arsenal at lona Island, a mile away. Perhaps Manhattan citizens tremble as they recall the terrors of Dover if they know about the arsenal at nearby Sandy Hook. Other death dealing overstocked plants include the arsenals near Pittsburgh, Springfield, Mass., Augusta, Fort Monroe, Va., Philadelphia, Rock Island, Watertown, Mass., San Antonio and many another town...
...committee at Dover discussed whether or not to rebuild and, if they should rebuild, whether or not it would be too expensive to construct safe storage places...