Alexander James Campbell saved Bernice M. Kirkham from drowning, Mt. Sterling, Illinois, August 8, 1918. Bernice, 15, and another girl, who could not swim, were wading in Crooked Creek and got into water eight feet deep at a point about 20 feet from the bank. Campbell, 69, farmer, waded from the bank and swam 10 feet to Bernice, who had become separated from her companion. He was dressed. Bernice took hold of him around the neck and forced him to the bottom. He could not break her hold and could not rise, but he swam five feet under water. A man waded from the bank and extended a stick to Campbell, who caught hold of it and was drawn to shallow water with Bernice. The other girl was drowned. 19085-1577
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