Walter D. Wheeler, 33, meat dealer, died attempting to save Beatrice E. Bennett, 16, from drowning, St. Johnsbury Center, Vermont, July 2, 1921. Beatrice stepped into deep water while wading in the Passumpsic River 70 feet from the bank. She struggled and was carried 50 feet by the current. Wheeler waded 30 feet and swam 45 feet to her, but she grasped him around the neck, and they sank and were drowned. 21539-1700
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