E. Ralph Adams, 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. Lying flat on the ice on Lake of the Woods 1,200 feet from shore with another boy holding to his ankles, Ralph worked his way to a hole in which Arvy and Burdette were struggling and dragged Arvy from the water. Ralph and his companion were approaching the hole, as before, to rescue Burdette when the ice broke, and all three were drowned. 546-354
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