George W. Smith Burlingame, CA George W. Smith, 26, teacher, died attempting to save Earl L. R. Askam, 17, student, and Clarence M. Dell, 19, student, from drowning, San Mateo, California, August 15, 1907. (See case of JOHN T. BROOKE.) 5509-757 5509 – 757 5509-757 External Articles A Sense of Duty: 1907 triple drowning in San Francisco Bay