John E. Cook, 17, painter, died attempting to save Clarence Clymer, 18, farmhand, from drowning, Seaford, Delaware, December 27, 1910. John, fully dressed, skated to within 10 feet of a hole in the ice on Seaford Pond, into which Clymer had fallen. The water was 12 feet deep, and John knew the ice was weak. Lying on his stomach, he crawled toward the hole, but, when he was within five feet of the edge, the ice broke under him and he fell into the water. He and Clymer were unable to get out of the hole, and both were drowned. 7204-563
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