Daniel V. Miller, 41, clerk, helped to save three unidentified women from drowning, Montrose, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1918. The women stepped from a pile of gravel in the Allegheny River into deep water 150 feet from the bank. They went into a swirling current 30 feet from the gravel and disappeared under the surface. Miller, his brother, and his sister-in-law went in a canoe to a point near the women. Miller, who was dressed, then jumped from the canoe, swam six feet, dived, and caught hold of one of the women with one hand and swam with her to the surface. The other women were clinging to her, and their weight pulled Miller under the surface momentarily. He tried to swim with the women to the gravel but could make no progress. His brother took the canoe to the gravel and then swam to him, dived, and relieved him of one of the women, taking her to the gravel. Miller’s brother then returned, relieved him of another woman in the same way, and again returned and took the third woman toward the gravel, followed by Miller. Miller was nearly exhausted. The women were unconscious but were revived. 19428-1498
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