Olwen K. McCabe, 36, housewife, saved Edward J. Duke, 20, soldier, Royal Canadian Army, from drowning, Jollimore, Nova Scotia, June 19, 1944. When a canoe in which Duke and another soldier were riding on the North West Arm of Halifax Harbor capsized, both fell clear. Duke suffered cramp, was submerged once or twice, and drifted to a point 60 feet from shore in cold water 35 feet deep. His companion got astride the canoe. From shore Mrs. McCabe, who was slight and weak from illness, waded and then swam 45 feet to Duke, who meanwhile had become submerged and unconscious. She dived and towed him to the surface. Mrs. McCabe swam toward the canoe; but fearing that she might dislodge Duke’s companion, she towed Duke toward shore and then toward a boat that was being rowed toward her by a young boy. When she had swum 40 feet, the boat reached her. Lowering herself under the surface, Mrs. McCabe got under Duke and raised him sufficiently for the boy in the boat to pull Duke partly into it. She then swam eight feet to the canoe and towed it to the boat, Duke’s companion getting into it. Mrs.McCabe’s fingers were stiff and numb; but with effort she climbed into the boat and with the palms of her hands rowed while the boy held Duke on the gunwale. A motorboat then reached them and took Duke and his companion to shore; and the boy rowed the boat, in which Mrs. McCabe sat, to shore. Duke was revived. Mrs. McCabe was weak from cold but recovered. 40480-3458
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