Leopold C. Coleman saved Rose Goshen from drowning, Montgomery, Georgia, March 19, 1911. Miss Goshen, 21, who could not swim, fell from a moving motorboat into the Burnside River and went beneath the surface about a quarter-mile from the bank, where the water was 18 feet deep. Coleman, 26, bookkeeper, jumped into the water, reached down and grasped her, and pulled her to the surface. She clung to him and soon became unconscious. Her hold hampered the movement of one of his arms, and her skirt hampered his legs. They went beneath the surface several times. When the boat was 650 feet from them, a man started to their aid in a bateau with only one oar. He paddled rapidly and reached Coleman just after he had become too exhausted to keep up any longer. Coleman’s hands only were visible. The man grasped Coleman and pulled him to the surface, then he pulled Miss Goshen and Coleman into the bateau. They were revived. 6457-1097
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