Samuel A. Wetton, 52, timber foreman, helped to save Andrew Anderson, 51, carpenter, from drowning, Superior, Wisconsin, April 10, 1910. Anderson’s sailboat had been dismasted, and, helpless, he was being tossed about violently on Lake Superior by the high waves that were running. Wetton and others hauled a rowboat to the shore, and Wetton called for volunteers. Two men responded, and the three launched the boat, but it was upset in the breakers 100 feet from shore. The men were thrown into shallow water and waded ashore. Wetton again called for volunteers, and two other men joined him. They successfully passed through the breakers after a half-hour’s hard rowing, during which their boat was nearly capsized several times. They reached Anderson’s boat, 500 feet out, just outside the breakers. Anderson changed his position, and his boat capsized, but Wetton was able to grab him and, with the help of one of the other men, pull him from the water into their boat. The trip to shore was made safely. 5086-571
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