Frances Knowlton Nash, 23, housewife, saved Alton L. Murray, 9, from drowning, Camden, Maine, February 8, 1943. Ice that extended six feet from the bank of the Megunticook River broke under Alton at the outer edge, and he drifted away from the bank. Mrs. Nash, who was heavily clothed and wore rubber boots, stepped on the ice and tried to reach Alton but could not. She ran to a store near by, called for a rope, and returned to the river. Alton rose 12 feet from the bank in water nine feet deep. Removing her coat, Mrs. Nash stepped off the ice into deep water and swam seven feet to Alton. She tried to take hold of Alton, whose flailing knocked her arm aside. She got hold of him from behind, swam 10 feet to the ice, and got footing in water four feet deep. A youth aided Alton and Mrs. Nash onto the ice and to the bank. 39802-3317
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