Phebe Briggs, 20, student, saved Laura M. Reiner, 22; Annie J. Oldham, 24, and Myra M. Hulst, 23, from drowning, Poughkeepsie, New York, February 5,1913. Miss Reiner and four companions accidently coasted onto the ice on a lake on the campus at Vassar College, at night, and broke through. One woman came up under the ice and was drowned, but the others grasped the edge of the ice. Miss Briggs, having sent the only other person near the scene for help, crawled towards the hole, pushing a small sled ahead of her. Miss Reiner and Miss Oldham in turn grasped the sled and were pulled from the water and taken to a place of safety by Miss Briggs. Miss Briggs went toward the hole a third time, but the ice broke and she fell into the water nine feet deep. She pushed the sled down, and it remained in a perpendicular position resting on the bottom. Miss Briggs got her feet on the sled and maintained a position with her head above the water and supported Miss Hulst several minutes until a man reached her and took Miss Hulst and her to safety. Miss Hulst was unconscious, but she was revived. 10174-957
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