Downstream

miles in 1892. But even then
the Brisbane Courier found it
hard to accept. ‘The record
for the mile is 23min 16 4/5
sec, standing to the credit of
B.B. Kieran, and the figures
as cabled give Miss
Kellerman an average much
under record time. If the
figures are correct, it is
obvious that Miss Kellerman
must have had the assistance
of tide.’
In the UK, the Daily Mirror