B. Franklin Bayles, 15, schoolboy, helped to save Arvy D. Mahoney, 13, and died assisting in an attempt to save Burdette C. Blett, 11, from drowning, Decatur, Michigan, December 7, 1904. Franklin held the ankles of another boy, who lay flat on the ice on Lake of the Woods 1,200 feet from shore, as the other boy worked his way to a hole in which Arvy and Burdette were struggling. They drew Arvy from the water, but when Franklin and his companion were approaching the hole, as before, to rescue Burdette, the ice broke, and all three were drowned. 545-355
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