J. Homer Oman saved Ruth E. Roe, Jennie Munro, and Bella L. Johnson from drowning, Findlay, Ohio, July 19, 1910. The girls were bathing in an old reservoir in Riverview Park. They could not swim. Ruth, 14, and Jennie, 16, were wading beside a rope marking the limit of wadable water, and Jennie slipped into deep water. She pulled Ruth with her, and they went beneath the surface. Miss Johnson, 21, waded to the rope, and when the other girls came up, Ruth grabbed her and pulled her into deep water. Jennie and Miss Johnson lost consciousness. Oman, 18, student, ran about 15 feet to the water and ran through it until it reached his waist, then he dived and swam about 15 feet to the girls. He grasped Ruth with one hand and put his other arm around her neck, and he and the girls went beneath the surface. Oman then held to Ruth with one hand and swam toward the rope, pulling the girls after him. He swam about five feet before he reached water in which he could stand. He waded toward the bank, and another young man joined him and helped in getting the girls to the bank. Miss Johnson and Jennie were revived. 6509-1029
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