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Show PITTSBURG. Jan. IS. Acts of heroism In man' parts of the country received substantial recognition today to-day In the awards of the Carneglo Horo Fund commission, which gavo largo sums of money, medals and other recognition to a large number of persons who have fignred in these acts of bravery. ' Tho full list of wards, with the act of heroism In each case, as summarized summar-ized by the commission, is as follows: Paul Jones, Jr., bronze medal-Jones, medal-Jones, aged 24, student, attempted to save Charles H. WIgmore, aged 23, egg sorter, and John,F Murphy, aged 23, rubber worker, from drowning at Cambridge, Mass., January 9. 1909. Wigmore and Murphy broko through the ice on the Charles river, seventy feet from shore Jones heard their calls for help, but could not see them on account of darkness. Shoving a ladder in front of him on the ice, Jones succeeded in reaching a point thirty-five feet from the bank, when ho broke through. Ho shoved the ladder lad-der five feet more and then could make no further progress, and was I compelled to hold to the ladder until ! men In a boat reached him. He was Incapacitated two days from expo- I sure. I Delia R. Powers, bronze medal and $1,000 toward purchase of a home. Mrs. Powers, aged thirty-two, housewife, house-wife, saved Joseph Kennedy, aged ' three, from being run over by a train, at Rochdale, Mass., December 9, 1909 ' Standing between the westbound and . eastbound tracks, a few feet from tho child, who had fallen Just outside the inner rail of the westbound track, on which a passenger train was rapidly rap-idly approaching, Mrs. Powers crouched down and rolled Joseph to- J 'ward her, gotllng him three feet from the rail as the engine rushed bj. A passenger train stood on tho east-bound east-bound track, and the clearance between be-tween the cars of tho two trains was only about three feet. Neither was injured. I Charles V. Swain, bronze medal and j $1,000 a5 needed Swain, aged twen- ty-three, student, saved John Halton, ' aged forty-two, physician and hotel proprietor, from drowning at Sara-Bota, Sara-Bota, Fla , December 29, 1909 Swain swam four hundred feet to Halton, who had been caught by a swift current cur-rent in Rip Sarasota naHK. in water fifteen feet deep. Drawing Halton's arms across his shoulders, Swain J swam across the current against a i strong wind, until he got Into a cur- ' rent paralelling the shore. Still supporting sup-porting Halton, who was almost unconscious, un-conscious, Swain swam and drifted to shallow water, and from there dragged Halton to shore, where he re- j vlved him. Swain swam and drifted almost nine hundred feeL Peter C. Banfield, bronze medal and I $1,000 to liquidate his indebtedness j and other worthy purpose as needed Banfield, aged twenty-seven, foreman i of linemen, rescued John F. Casey, . aged forty-two. from electric shock, j at Windsor, Conn , November 27, 1909. Banfield climbed ot the top of a twen- ' ty-four-foot pole to aid Casey, who had como in contact with a wire car- j rying a current of forty-eight hundred hun-dred olts. and lay unconscious upon it. Banfield, moving among the high-power high-power wires, cut one of them, and then jerked Casey loose from the one on which he lay. Casey struggled, but Banfield, while clinging to the pole with his legs, worked resuscitating resuscitat-ing him until another man climbed . the pole and handed Banfield a rope, with which Casey was lowered. Casey died from his lnjuVles six days later. Banfield was disabled five days. Levi Jackson. Bronze medal and $2,000, to liquidate his Indebtedness I and other worthy purpose, as needed. Jackson, aged thirty-two, fisherman, i helped to save William H Haskell, aged forty-six, sea captain; Ida M. j Haskell, aged thirty-four, and twelve I others from drowning, Edgartown, I Mass., January 23, 1910. In a very rough and trenchorous sea, following a heavy storm, Captain Jackson and a crew of four men went in the "Prlscllla," a small fishing boat, to a disabled schooner, which had ground- ed on a shoal in the Atlantic ocean, . four miles from shore. The "Prlscll- I la," after careful maneuvering, was ' brought in the lea ot tho schooner and anchored, and three of tho crew, each with a seventeen-foot dory, made trips to the wreck and rescued its occupants, one at a time. Great difficulty dif-ficulty was experienced In affecting the rescues, on account of tho waves which swept over the wreck, but af- ' ter two hours work, under Jackson's direction, all were gotten aboard his boaL Tho "Prlscllla" had to make a trip of thirteen miles, part of tho way through very heavy seas, to reach Edgartown, a huge wave at one time , near!" tilling the boat. j Patrick S. Kelly Bronze medal and $1,000, as needed. Kelly, aged twenty-two, fisherman, helped to save William H. Haskell, Ida M. Haskell and twelve others from drowning, Edgartown, Ed-gartown, Mass., January 23, 1910. (Sec case' of Levi Jackson.) Kelly manned man-ned a dory and made five trips to tho wreck, rescuing Captain Haskell and three members of tho schooner's .crew. On the fourth trip, when a sailor jumped from the wreck, ho missed tho dory, and Kelly stood by to trly to pick the man up. Upon reaching tho dory the man grabbed hold of tho gunwhale and a wave swamped the dory, which by chance was swept under the bowsprit aid both were able to catch hold of its stays and climb up to the bowsprit, from which they were taken later In a dory. louls A. Douccttc Bronze medal and $1,000, toward purchase of a home. Doucette, aged thirty-two, fisherman, helped to save William H. Haskell, Ida M. Haskell and twelve others from drowning, Edgartown, Mass., January 23, 1910. (See case of Levi Jackson.) Doucette made seven sev-en trips to the stranded schooner in a dory and rescued six of Its crew without mishap. Henry A. Kelly. Bronze medaland I $1,000, as needed Kelly, aged twen-I twen-I ty-four, fisherman, helped to save I William H. Haskell, Ida M. Haskell and twelve others from drowning, Ed-j Ed-j gartown, Mass., January 23, 1910. j Henry Kelly, a brother of Patrick, I rowed four times to tho wreck, taking tak-ing oft tho captain's wife and three members of the crew, by skillful work, meeting with no accident. (Sec case of Levi Jackson ) 'Eugene L. Benefito. Bronze medal and $1,000 toward purchase of a home. Benefito, aged thirty-seven, fisherman, helped to save William H. Ilaskoll, Ida M. Haskell and twelvo others from drowning, Edgartown, Mass., January 23, 1910. Benefito was not a regular member of the "Prls-cilla's" "Prls-cilla's" crew. At Captain Jackson s command he remained on the "Pris-cllla" "Pris-cllla" and with him helped the benumbed be-numbed and exhausted shipwrecked ones from the dories to the deck. (See case of Levi Jackson.) G. Grey Evans, deceased. Bronze medal to father. G. Gray Evans, aged fifteen, student, died attempting to save James R. Drlggers, aged fourteen, four-teen, from drowning, Chicknsha, Oklahoma, Ok-lahoma, June 1, 1910. Evans, who ritiilrl nrt cu'lm tt'.mlpli in the edce Of a sandbar and extended his hand to Drlggers, who was helpless in the swift current of the Washita river, in water eight feet deep. As Drlggers Drlg-gers caught his hand. Evans slipped into the deep water and both boys went under the surface. Drlggers freed himself, came to the surface and was later rescued. Evans did not reappear. re-appear. William F. Leland, deceased. Bronze medal to father and $250, as needed. Leland., aged twenyt-spven, captain, died attempting to save David Dav-id Simpson, colored, aged twenty-five, twenty-five, deckhand from drowning. Mc-Clellanville, Mc-Clellanville, S. C, May 24, 1911. Lo-Iand Lo-Iand jumped from a river boat Into Jcrmye Creek, and, In water fifteen feet deep, swam ninety feet to Simpson, Simp-son, who had fallen overboard. Leland Le-land caught Simpsons hands, the letter's let-ter's head appeared afcove the surface sur-face of tho water momentarily, and then both sank and were drowned. Hector L. MacDonald, deceased, Bronze medal to father and $500, as needed. MacDonald, aged twelve, school boy, died attempting to save Richard F. Fahey, aged eleven from drowning, Boston, Mass., March 25, 1910. MacDonald and Fahey were on a raft, which was being carried out from shoro by tho tldo and wind in the deep waterB Qf Boston Harbor. The boys jumped from the raft, and as MacDonald, a poor swimmer, went to tho assistance of Fahey, who could not swim, the boys grasped each other oth-er and went under the surface, at a point eighty-five feet from shore They reappeared a moment later, but sank and were drowned. When tho bodies were recovered, the boys still had hold of each other. Myron L. Reynolds, deceased. Bronze medal to father and $500. as needed. Reynolds, aged fifteen, scboolboyy, died snving Philip E. Rollins, Rol-lins, aged nine, from drowning, Riverside, River-side, Me., May 19, 1911 Reynolds swam to Rollins, who unable to swim had called for help when he got Into water over his depth In Seven Mllo brooK, tweniy-iivo ieei irom me hank. He grasped Rollins' wrist with his left hand and both went be--neath the surface momentarily When they came up, Reynolds released his hold and pushed Rollins toward the hank. He tried to reach Rollins a second time, as If to push him toward to-ward tho bank again, but sank and did not reappear. Rollins was assisted assist-ed to the bank by boys who extended pieces of timber to him. Frank R Benton, deceased. Bronze medal to father, and $1,025 to liquidate liquid-ate his Indebtedness. Benton, aged sixteen, farmhand, died attempting to save David Brownell, aged eighteen, farmhand, from drowning, Huron, Ohio, June 25, 1911. Benton, a poor swimmer, started to the assistance of Brownell, who hnd been seized by a cramp in water seven feet deep in the Hyron river. When within fif-I fif-I teen feet of Brownoll, Benton throw I up his hands and went beneath the i surface. Ho came up once or twice, and then sank and was drowned. Elmer R. Martins, deceased. Bronze medal to father and $1,000 to be applied ap-plied to tho liquidation of his debts and for other worthy purpose, as needed. Martins, apod sixteen, delivery de-livery boy, died saving Aloyslus II. Ruppoll, aged eleven, from drowning, Cleveland, Ohio. Juno 6, 1911. Martins Mar-tins swam to the asslstanco of Rup-pelt, Rup-pelt, who, unable to swim, had fallen from ,a raft into water eight feed deep in Kollog's pond. As Martins extended his hand, Ruppelt grasped It, climbed upon Martins' back and closed his hands around Martins neck, Martins mndo some progroBs towards the bank, but could not free himself Another boy extended his hand to Ruppelt, who grasped it, and released his hold upon Martins. Marlins then sank and did not appear. Ruppelt was pulled to tho bank by the 'other hoy, William R. Howe, deceased. Bronzo modal to widow and $125 to llqujdato mortgage on her property and pension pen-sion of $20 amonth, with $5 additional for each of five children until each reaches ago of sixteen Howe, aged thirty-three, lock tender, died attempting at-tempting to save J, George Myers, agel eight, from drowning, SL Johns-vllie, Johns-vllie, N. Y.f July 28, 195 1. Howo went to the assistance of Myers, who could slm but a few strokes and was holding hold-ing to un overturned capoo In water eight feet deep in tho Erio canal. "twenty feet from the bank. As he" took hold of Myers, the latter threw both arms around Hope's neck. Howe swam fifteen feet with Myers and then suddenly shoved Myers violently away, sank and was drowned, Myers also was drowned. 4 John E. Cook , deceased. Bronzo medal to mother and pension of 520 a month for five years. Cook, aged seventeen, painter, died attempting to save Clarence Clymer, aged eighteen eigh-teen farmhand, from drowning, Sca-ford,' Sca-ford,' Del, December 27, 1010. Cook fully dressed, skated to within ten feet of a hole In the Ice on Seaford pond, into which Clymer had fallen. Tho water was twelve feet deep and Cook knew the Ice was weak. Lying on his stomach, he crawled toward the hole, but, when within five feet of the edge, the ice broke under him and he fell Int0 lne water He and Glymcr were unable to get out of tho hole and both were drowned. (Continued on Page Five.) CARNEGIE COMMISSION AWARDS HERO MEDALS (Continued from Page Threo.) Mack Stanworth, deceased. Bronze medal to widow and pension of ?30 a month, with ?5 additional for her son until ho roaches the age of 16. Mack Stallworth, colored, aged 33, oil-tank cleaner, died saving Squire Bradford (colored), aged 28, oil-tank cleaner, from suffocation, Port Arthur, Tex., June 25, 1910. Bradford was overcome over-come In a tank-car by gas which had formed In It. Stallworth entered the car thuogh an opening fifteen Inohes in diameter, and grasping Bradford, lifted him up so that two men on the outside of the car could reach him. Bradford was gotten out, but Stall-worth Stall-worth was ovorcomo by the gas and was suffocated before ho could bo rescued. Bradford revived. Bornhard Schneider, Sr.. deceased. Bronzo medal to widow and pension of $35 a month, with $5 additional for each of three children until each reaches the age of 1C. Schneider, aged 43, farmer, died aaing Robert A. Iffrlg, aged 14, farmer, from drowning, drown-ing, St. Peters, Mo, July 28, 1911. Schneider went to the assistance of Iffrlg, who, unable to swim, had stopped stop-ped Into a hole In Dardenne creek, whero the water was 14 feet deep. As he reached the edge of the hole and caught hold of Iffrlg, Schneider, also unable to swim, slipped Into water over his depth and both wont beneath tho surface. When thoy camo up he pushed Iffrlg toward tho bank and then sank and did not reappear. Iffrlg Iff-rlg was pulled out by a boy who extended ex-tended a stick to him William McSweenoy, deceased. Bronze medal to widow and pension of ?35 a mouth, with $5 additional for each of four children until each reach es the ago of 10 McSwceney, aged 3G, bartender, died attempting to save Charlotte J O'Brlon, aged 28, from drowning, Utlca, N. Y., Novcmbei 4, 191L McSweenoy dived and swam about sevonty feet toward Mrs. O'Brien, who, unable to swim, was drifting downstream in the Brio canal, ca-nal, at night, in water eight foot deep. When within six feet of Mrs. O'Brien McSweenoy sank beneath the surface sur-face and drowned. Mrs. O'Brien was roscued by wen who extended a polo to her John F. Van Dorkar. deceased. Bronze medal to widow and pension of $15 a month, with $5 a month additional addi-tional for each of flvo children until each reaches the ago of 10 Van Der-kar, Der-kar, aged 40, coremaker. died attempting at-tempting to save Salvatore Sltoro, aged 7, from drowning, Hooslck Falls, N. Y., August 20, 1911. Van Dorkar swam' thirty feet In the Hooslck river, riv-er, to Sltaro, who had fnllen from a bridge Into water six feet deep Catching hold of Sltaro ho swam about tcu foot with him and then let go of tho boy and sank. Ho did not again come to the surface Sltaro was rcscuod by two other mon. William A. Norman, deccaHod. Bronze medal to widow and pension of $50 a month, with $5 a month additional addi-tional for each of two children until ach reaches aso 0I j Nonnau, aged 35, barber, died attempting to slop a team of runuway horses, Pltts-fleld, Pltts-fleld, Mass., Juno 9, 1911. Norman grabbed the bridle of one, but was thrown under the horso and dragged fifteen feet, when ho lost his hold and was trampled upon and run ovor by the wagon. He sustained Injuries which resulted in his death. Daniel F. Allen. Bronzo medal and $1,000, toward purchase of a home. Allen, aged 26, city electrician and fireman, attempted to save William F. Wolters, aged 33, brewer, from suffocation, suffo-cation, Olean, N. Y., August 21, 1911. Allen descended a ladder to the bottom bot-tom of a fourteen-foot-deep cistorn, to the assistance of Wolters and a boy, who had been overcome bv carbonic car-bonic acid gas. Picking up Wolters. ho ascended the ladder a few feet, but finding he had been weakened bj the gas, he returned to the bottom and dropped Woltors. Allen was able to ascend, and, after reaching the surface, sur-face, recovered Wolters and the boy were gotten out later and revived. Joseph R. Hanse, deceased. Silver" medal to widow and pension of $C0 a month, with o a month additional for each of two children until each reaches reach-es ago of 1C Haase, aged 32, brewery brew-ery worker, died attempting to save William F. Wolters from suffocation. Olean, N. Y., August 21, 1911 After Allen and another man had made an attempt to rescue Wolters, and the boy had been rescued. Haase arrived at the cistern. Refusing to take any precautions for his own safety, Haase, holding one end of a rope, descended Into the cistern and attempted to fasten fas-ten tho rope around Wolters' body, but was overcome and fell to the bottom. bot-tom. Ho was gotten out later, but could not bo revived, (See case of Daniel F. Allen.) Samuel A. Wctton. Sliver medal and ?1,000, as needed. Wotton, aged 52, timber foreman, helped to save Andrew An-drew Anderson, aged 51, carpenter, from drowning, Suporior, Wis., April 10, 1910. Andorson's sailboat had been dismasted and, helpless, lie waB being tossed about violently on Lake Superior by the high waves that were running, Wetton and others hauled a rowboat to the shore and Wetton called call-ed for volunteers. Two men responded respond-ed and tho threo launched the boat, but It wag upset in tho breakers, a hundred feet from shore The men were thrown Into shallow water and waded ashore. Wetton again called for volunteers and two other men joined him. They successfully nassed through the breakers after a half hour's hard rowing, during which their boat was nearly capsized soveral times. They reached Anderson's boat, five hundred feet out, just outside the breakers. Anderson changed his position po-sition and his boat capsized, but Wetton Wet-ton was able to grab him and, with tho holp of one of the other men, pull him from tho water into their boat. The trip to shore was made safely. John Conloy. Bronze medal and $1,000, as nocded Conley, aged 36, blacksmith, helped to sae Andrew Anderson from drowning, Superior Wis., April 10, 1910. Conlej was one 01? the two men who mado the second trip with Wotton and it was he who helped pull Andorson Into the boat. (Seo case of Samuel A. Wctton ) William J. Munnings. Bronze medal and $1,000, as needed. Buchner, aged 18, student, saved Sadyc Guttery, aged 23, from drowning, Mifldlotowu, 111,, June 16, 1910. Buchner extended his hands to aid Miss Guttery, who, unable to awlm, had slipped from a sand-bar into deep water In Salt creek, but she grabbed his wrists and pulled him into water over his depth, and both went under tho surface. Miss Guttery's hold provouted Buchner Buch-ner from swimming, but ho trod water wa-ter and arose. The current carried them downstream and, despite Buch-uor's Buch-uor's efforts, they wont under again, when Miss Guttery released her hold on one of his wrists. Buchner then succeeded in swimming with Miss Guttery to the protruding roots of a submerged treo sevonty-flve feet below be-low tho bar, to which thoy clung until un-til she was taken into a boat, twon-ty-flvo minutes later. Clara Hogstod. Silver medal and $1,000 as neoded Miss Hogstad, aged I 20, stenographer, attempted to savo Joseph Schultz. aged 70, boatkeepor, from being run over by a train. Luf-nvette Luf-nvette Pa. September 23, 1910 Mlsa Hogstad in a weakened condition from a recent operation, ran fifty feet to Schulz, who stood motionless a ew Inches outside the track on which be rain was approaching at a speed of forty miles an hour. Just as Btae caught his sleeve and attempted to mill him off the track the train struck SchuUz knocking Jj -' Tlnt'starl She was hurled fifteen feet "id Sly bruised. Schulz was Instantly In-stantly killed. Henry S. Mooro. Stiver medal and $ 000 for tho education of his children, chil-dren, as neoded. Moore, aged forty-four, forty-four, hoist operator, Baved Nell K Camboll, aged nine, from drowning. Svdnoy, N. S.. Februar y 7. 1911. Moore broke through the thin Ice on Sidney Harbor as ho crawled toward 1 Campbell, who. unable to swim, had broken through where the water was ovor ten feet deep. Breaking the ice for a distance of fifteen feet, Mooro swam to Cambell, who was beneath be-neath tho surface. He caught hold of Campbell, who by this time was unconscious, un-conscious, and swam to the edge of tho hole, but as he tried to support himself the Ice broke several times. Finally an overcoat was thrown to him and he and Campbell were pullel to solid ice, and out of the hole. Moore suffered no ill effects. Campbell Camp-bell was revived. Percy E. Morrell. Silver medal and $3,000, to liquidate his indebtedness. Morrell, aged twenty-six, manager, attempted to save Charles W. Laue, aged twenty-three, real estate dealer, from being run over by a train, New York, N. Y., January 7,1910. Jumping from the platform down onto tho track in front of an approaching subway sub-way train, Morrell grabbed Lauo, who, stunnod, lay on tho track. He leaped off tho track, into a narrow space under tho overhanging platform, plat-form, dragging Laue with him, and had him almost off the track when nit; iium, 1 nailing v:igiiitjuii in Jietj an hour, reached them. Lane's foot was caught and he was pulled from Mor-rell's Mor-rell's grasp. His right leg was amputated am-putated and his thigh fractured, but he recovered. Morrell escapqd unhurt. un-hurt. Clark H. Presley, deceased. Silver medal to son. Presley, aged forty-three, forty-three, driver, died attempting to save Howard Itf. Huseselton, aged three, from being run over by a street car, Nottingham,' Ohio, August 31, 1911. Presley ran to the ede of the track, nnd with tho car only twenty feet away and approaching at a speed of thirty nnlos an hour, reached for the child, who sat botweon tho rails Bo-foro Bo-foro he could grasp tho loy tho car struck kirn. He was fatally Injured and died two hours Inter. Tho child was run over by tho car and died tfie following day. Canzada M. Owen, deceased. Silver modal to husband. 'Mrs. Owen, agod forty-two, housewife, died attempting attempt-ing to rescue Emma C. and Mabel C. McLain, and Elizabeth Deffenbaugh, aged thirty-three, one, and thirty-six, thirty-six, respectively from a runaway, Brashear, Texas, Mayy 31, 1905. Mrs. Owen, with an uplifted chair in her hands, ran Into the road in tho path of a team of mules drawing a wagon containing the woman and child. She was struck by ono mule, knocked to tho ground, and run over by the wagon, sustaining fatal Injuries. Saul M. Krieger, deceased. Silver medal to father.Krlegor, aged nineteen, nine-teen, student, died attempting to save Nelson Staley, aged eighteen, student, r ' from drowning, SL Ignace, Mich., Au- CH gust 22, 1911. Krieger swam seventy- j 1 five feet toward Stale', who had be- I ! come exhausted in water seven feet f f ' tieep in the StTalts of Mackinac, and just as he aproached within reach of 1 ; Staley both boy sank and were ' f drowned. ' William M. Hoffman, deceased. Sll- L ver medal to stepmother and pension f Uj of $25 a month. Hoffman, aged ', W twenty-nine, polisher, died attempt- U ing to save William G. HotchlsB, aged ff . l eleven, from drowning. New Hart- ' ' ford, Conn., January 23, 1911. With. ! ; '5 the temperature at freezing point, '! ; Hoffman went from the shore to the 7 J J assistance of Hotchklss, who had j ' , I broken through the ice on the Farm- , ' j jl ington river, one hundred and thirty- ' II five feet from the bank, where the I water was over eight feet deep. When i ' '1 within reach of Hotchklss, the ice ! f "M broke beneath Hoffman, throwing A '1 him Into the water. Ho caught hold fl of Hotchklss and helped him reach j JM the edge of tho hole, but his efforts 1 to assist Hotchklss out of the hole I were unsuccessful, as the Ice broke . f .1 each timo he tried. Hoffman then jfl became separated from Hotchklss and r fH was too dazed and numb to holp H Hotchklss or himself. In a few mo- jrH ' ments both sank and were drowned. SH Edward S Saunders, deceased. Sll- ! jH ver medal to widow and pension of 1 ?Jfl $40 a month, with $5 a month addl- ! tional for each of two children until Iffl each reaches age of sixteen. Saun- t fill ders, aged fifty-seven, baggage-mas- j H ter, died attempting to save Ann E. f 1 H Stone and Hannah C. Colyer, aged I H seventy-seven and sixty, respectively, I J f H from being run over by a train, Eli- ' j Jl!fl zabeth, N. J., April 16, 1911. Saunders j'H 6prang upon the track at night, In , I ,FH front of a rapidly approaching pas- 1 J j- jH senged train, and just as he attompt- I j H ed to catch hold of one of the women, , I H both of whom had stepped upon tho j 4 H track, the train struck tho three. j K H They were dead when picked up. 1 H Adam Eichele, deceased. Silver I r , fM medal to widow and pension of $40 a J H month, with $5 a month additional -'. H for each of two children until each J M reaches the age of sixteen; also pen- . jH sion of $30 a month to mothor. M Eichele, aged thirty-five, carpenter, H j died attempting to save William J. 1 L Forest, aged cleyen, from drowning, t j Green Island, N. Y., September 6, ' f IH 1911. Elchelo jumped from a bridge, M thirty feet above the surface of the , H water, Into the Hudson river, and ; M swam to Forest, who was struggling 1 M against tho current In water twelve J M feet deep. Catching hold of the boy !M with his left arm, Eichele swam fifty j H feet with him and then suddenly be- ' ' H came distressed and both went under , A H the surface and were drowned. H |