Ethyle J. Armstrong, 19, stenographer, saved Gertrude A. Frederick, 24, from drowning, Elgin House, Lake Joseph, Ontario, July 20, 1912. Miss Frederick became distressed while bathing in the lake at a point 150 feet from shore. She struggled to keep at the surface, and her screams attracted Miss Armstrong, who was 50 feet from her. Miss Armstrong swam to Miss Frederick, and Miss Frederick grasped her. When told to do so, Miss Frederick released her hold and grasped Miss Armstrong’s bathing suit. Miss Armstrong tried to swim toward shore with Miss Frederick, but she could make slow progress. Waves from a steamer that had just passed aided her slightly. She reached wadable water at a point 60 feet from shore, but she was in a state of exhaustion, and she and Miss Frederick went beneath the surface. Two women in a motorboat reached them at that time and took them to shore. 9162-989
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