Harley Tomlinson died assisting in an attempt to save Oscar Colson from drowning, Norwood, North Carolina, August 3, 1909. During a flood of the Yadkin River, Tomlinson, 34, farmer, and another man, in a bateau, paddled 400 feet from shore to Colson, 27, who was clinging to a wrecked flatboat. They had gotten Colson aboard when the bateau capsized. Tomlinson and Colson were drowned. The other man swam downstream and was rescued. . 4150-352
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