Charles H. Low, 31, farmer, attempted to save Rupert E. Tobey, 5, from drowning, Vassalboro, Maine, May 19, 1912. Rupert and his father, neither of whom could swim, and Low and another man (see case of CARL B. WARREN) were in a sailboat on Webber Pond. When the boat was 300 feet from the bank and while the wind was blowing in strong gusts and waves were running two to three feet high, Rupert fell overboard into water 12 feet deep. Low and Warren immediately jumped from the boat, and Low reached Rupert a moment before Warren. He gave the child to Warren and swam to get the boat. Rupert’s father could not manage the boat, and it was running before the wind. Low swam 10 minutes and was so exhausted when he reached the boat that he could only hold to the gunwale. Rupert’s father pulled him on board. Rupert and Warren in the meantime were drowned. 9256-983
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