Clarence Martella attempted to save Dominic Farrera from drowning, Louisville, Colorado, December 5, 1936. Farrera, 16, school-boy, broke through ice on a reservoir into water six feet deep 210 feet from the bank. From the bank Martella, 16, school-boy, who was heavily clothed, ran to a point a foot and a half from Farrera, who was holding to the edge of the ice, and took hold of his wrists. The ice then broke under him. He was submerged briefly, became separated from Farrera, and then crawled out on the ice. He ran to the bank, picked up a metal rod, and ran to within six feet of Farrera. The ice broke under him to Farrera; and they where submerged briefly and took hold of the ice, which broke off in small pieces under their holds. Farrera sank and was drowned. Two men slid a fence-post to within six feet of Martella, who later broke the ice to it, held to it briefly, and then held the edge of the ice. From a plank that had been carried and slid to a point 70 feet from the bank, a man crawled to a point eight feet from Martella and extended a pole to him. Martella held to it and crawled onto the ice as the man pulled the pole. He then ran to a point 25 feet from the bank and then was carried by other men. The fingers of one hand were somewhat frozen.
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