William H. Williams, Jr., 30, farmer, died attempting to save Glenn L. Woolard, 17, student, from drowning, Hartford City, Indiana, May 31,1911. Williams, a poor swimmer, and wearing high gum boots, waded about 60 feet toward Woolard, who had become distressed in a gravel?pit pond in water eight feet deep. When within five feet of Woolard, Williams, who had been wading with arms extended as if to offer aid, stepped into water over his depth and was drowned. Woolard also drowned. The bodies were found close together. 6729-522
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