happened at West India Dock,
which was one of the biggest
areas of water with a large
number of people living close
by.
In the early 1900s police
paid young boys half a crown
for every body they retrieved
from the Pool of London,
with many deaths the result of
swimming under a boat and
getting trapped. But soon
amateur swimmers were
racing in the docks and
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