Arnold Wiesendanger, 52, caretaker, died attempting to save Catherine J. Ford, 12, from drowning, Columbus, Ohio, March 25, 1913. The Scioto River overflowed its banks, and the Ford home, a mile from the course of the river, was swept from its site and wrecked. Catherine drifted downstream on a section of the building, and a man who attempted to wade toward her in three feet of water was swept off his feet and drowned. Wiesendanger got on a horse that waded about 300 feet toward the raft, and then, when it was compelled to swim, was diverted from its course by the current. The horse was barely able to keep its nose at the surface, and Wiesendanger grasped a small tree and got into it. It swayed with his weight and the current, and a few minutes later he plunged into the water as though to swim to safety, but he was drowned. Catherine’s raft was wrecked an hour later, and she was drowned. 11387-949
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