Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1913 — CAPTAIN BROWN MAKES RECORD SWIM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAPTAIN BROWN MAKES RECORD SWIM

What has hitherto been regarded as an impossible feat was accomplished recently by Capt. Alfred E. Brown, commodore of the Flushing Bay division of the American Life Saving society, when he landed at Sandy Hook in his fifth attempt to cover the distance of 22 miles from the battery to Sandy Hook, N. Y. Captain Brown was in the water 13 hours and 38 minutes. The picture shows him diving off the Battery wall on the start of the long swim and the insert shows him after he had reached his goaL