Nannie B. Crocker, 40, housewife, died attempting to save Myrl E. Hatfield, 13, from drowning, Dillon, Montana, July 2, 1920. Myrl stepped into deep water in an excavation while wading in a gravel pit. Mrs. Crocker jumped from the side of the excavation four feet to her. Myrl grasped Mrs. Crocker’s arms and attempted to climb on her shoulders. A young man reached them, and Myrl immediately grasped him. Her attempts to climb on his shoulders caused him to sink, and Myrl released her hold. He rose and again sank and became unconscious. Mrs. Crocker then grasped Myrl and tried to swim to wadable water, but she got farther away in her struggles. She released her hold on Myrl, took two strokes, sank, and was drowned. Myrl was drowned too, but the young man was rescued. 20548-1654
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