Clifford R. Brown, 31, apprentice wagon maker, saved William F. Light, 32, driver, from drowning, Sistersville, West Virginia, June 19, 1923. Light was in a wagon when the horse hitched to it stepped into a deep hole in the Ohio River, as the horse was being watered. Light was thrown from the wagon when it tipped over, and the horse and wagon sank five feet from him. Light threshed wildly 20 feet from the bank. Brown waded and swam 14 feet to Light. As he grasped Light’s clothing, Light put both arms around Brown, and they sank. Light lost his hold, and they rose five feet apart. Again Brown swam to him, grasped his clothing, and swam five feet toward the bank with him, but Light grasped Brown and clung to Brown’s legs under water. Brown sank and made violent efforts to free himself, but he failed and rose with Light hanging to him. After failing in an effort to get hold of the hand of a man in wadable water, Brown sank again, crawled on the bottom four feet toward the bank, and rose. A piece of board was then extended to Brown, and after some difficulty he was pulled to wadable water and to the bank with Light clinging to him. 23407-1873
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