Mary E. Smith, 15, factory hand, died attempting to save Anna M. Miskelley, 16, from drowning, Camden, New Jersey, August 9, 1918. Anna, while wading in an inlet of the Delaware River 15 feet from the bank, stepped into water 15 feet deep Mary waded to her and grasped her hand, but she too got into the deep water. Both girls, neither of whom could swim, sank and rose to the surface several times and then sank and were drowned. 19139-1471
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