Charles E. Marshall, 36, forest ranger, attempted to save Henry E. Kuphal, 29, mining engineer, and helped to save Mattie Roderick, 46, from drowning, Libby, Montana, June 15, 1910. (See case of HENRY E. KUPHAL.) Marshall saw Kuphal and Mrs. Roderick and with great difficulty made his way out to the ferry, as had Kuphal. He tried to free Kuphal but was not able to move the log. Marshall had carried a rope out with him and called to men on the bank to attach an axe. While he was pulling the axe out, the cable gave way, and Marshall, seeing Kuphal was carried away by the water, hurried to Mrs. Roderick, who was hysterical and barely able to stand in the rushing water. He held her while the ferry drifted downstream and grounded on a rock and remained there with Mrs. Roderick about 25 minutes, until a man reached them in a rowboat and took them to the bank. 6111-545
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