Thames swims. She was said
to be just a few months older
than Beckwith when in
September 1875 she also set
off from London Bridge, this
time to Blackwall. Like
Beckwith, she was a
professional swimmer who
had performed in many
English towns, and again like
Beckwith she had a brother,
Harry, who was ‘the
champion of London’. The
press reported that her
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