Otto Barth, 47, miller, helped to save Mary E. Dana, 60, and died assisting in an attempt to save John P. Dana, 60, auditor, and two others from drowning, Athens, Ohio, March 14, 1907. In an old 16-foot boat, Barth and a companion went 150 feet from dry land and rescued Miss Dana from a house in the seething floodwaters of the Hocking River. While Barth and another man were trying to reach the Dana house again, their boat capsized. Barth was drowned, but the other man got into the house and was later rescued with the occupants.
3627-279Otto Barth
Athens, OH