Eleanor F. McQueeney helped to save Louise G. Griffin, Catharine Ford, and Mary Daugherty from drowning, West Gloucester, Massachusetts, August 6, 1910. Eleanor, 13, schoolgirl, swam to the three girls, ages 13, 10, and 10, respectively, who were struggling in the deep channel of the Little River, a moment after another girl. She was grasped by them. Two men arrived in a rowboat, and, while the girls were getting aboard, the boat foundered. Mary then put her arms about Eleanor’s neck and climbed upon her back. The latter took several strokes toward the shore, when a man grabbed her arm and assisted her with her burden to the bank. Louise and Catharine were rescued by men from the bank as well. The two men who had earlier attempted to help were also rescued. The girl who had entered the water a moment before Eleanor was drowned. 6237-479
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