pulled himself into the boat,
while ‘hundreds of people
watched him from the bridge
and remained in earnest
conversation all the time [he]
was dressing in mid stream’.
Then he started off on his
journey home.
Born around 1867, Burns
was a popular entertainer who
amazed audiences at the
Royal Aquarium where he
dived 100 feet into a shallow
tank of water. He’d learned to
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