Norman E. Brown, 12, schoolboy, died attempting to save Marjorie E. Brown, 7, from drowning, Mahomet, Illinois, August 3, 1926. Marjorie walked on a fallen tree that extended over the water from the bank of the Sangamon River, and at a point 15 feet from the bank she fell into deep water . She was carried downstream by the current. Norman plunged into the water from the tree and swam 15 feet to her. He spent his strength trying to swim back to the tree with her, and both were drowned. 26833-2316
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