Lynn A. Gates, 19, student, died attempting to save Victor M. Cross, 20, farmer, from drowning, Gerry, New York, June 7, 1908. Gates swam 40 feet in the Cassadaga Creek to Cross, who could not swim and had lost a plank and sunk in deep water 30 feet from the bank. They grasped each other, and Gates had made but little progress when another man arrived and took Cross, but Gates was too exhausted to reach shore and was drowned. 3765-441
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