Word: corson
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...into a sheet held by her sister, while whistles screeched and 200 rain-soaked persons hailed her with cheers. She had swum from Albany to the Battery (160 miles) in 57 hr. 11 min., swimming time, beating by 6 hr. 24 min. the record made in 1921 by Mrs. Corson.* She lost 4 pounds, used 72 pounds of fat, ate lumps of sugar soaked in whiskey. Having handed Mayor Walker a letter from Governor Smith, she offered to swim back if the Mayor wanted to send a letter to the Governor. Her offer was refused. She comforted her crying children...
...Corson's performance was the better considering the fact that she took only 6 days on the way. Mrs. Schoemmell took...
...mile from the Shakespeare Cliffs at Dover. At 3:10 p. m. the daughter of the Vikings stumbled on the sands of Dover beach, collapsed. She was the first mother to swim the English Channel. Her time was an hour slower than Gertrude Ederle's. Mrs. Corson (nee Amelia Gade) revived, told the crowd around her: "I was determined to make it or go down. I have to make some money for my kids...
...Carnegie medal for heroism. Once she swam around the island of Manhattan (42 miles) in 15 hours, 57 seconds. In the same year, she trudgeon-crawled from Albany to New York (153 miles) in 66 swimming hours, stopping, of course, for sleep at night. On this excursion Clemington Corson, assistant superintendent of the U. S. S. Illinois, handled the oars of her rowboat. Later they were married, and now have two children. Last week it was Clemington Corson who rowed a dory across the English Channel in the van of his wife, who chatted with her in grey hours...
...this evening Kullman has been put into Corson's place and Howe will wrestle for Hayne...