Andrew E. Fleming, 19, rodman, saved Mildred E. Cassady, 17, from drowning, Covington, Kentucky, February 3, 1911. Fleming, heavily dressed, including knee-length leather boots, swam to Mildred, who, unable to swim, was in distress in the floodwaters of the Ohio River at a point 15 feet from the bank where the water was nine feet deep. Mildred had gone down the second time and was being carried toward the deeper water in the middle of the river when Fleming caught hold of her arm. He swam with her to shallow water and carried her to the bank. 6288-510
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