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Show I GAVE LIFE IN VAIN. Would-be Rescuer Dragged Down by Drowning Women. Sacramento, Cal. Mrs. Charles White, her cousin, u girl of about 18, nnd tho fonnor's brother, Charles Palm, nnd Manuel Grcggs, wcro drowned In tho Sacramento river nt n point about a block north of Itocliy Point on tho Yolo side, on Tuesday. Grcggs, who was nn export swimmer, lost his Ufa In attempting to rescue his friends. At tho tlmo of tho accident acci-dent the party was In a duck boat endeavoring to reach n house boat, In which Mrs. White lived. Tho houso boat capsized. Gregg witnessed tho accident from shore, nnd went to tho nsslstnnco of tho party, but was grubbed nround tho neck by tho threo drowning persons nnd dragged under water. |