Felix Hood died attempting to save Ada E. and Blanche E. Edwards from drowning, Fairmont, West Virginia, July 13, 1924. Mrs. Edwards, 24, swam with Blanche, 9, to a point 20 feet from the bank of the Monongahela River, and Blanche seized her in fright and rendered her helpless, where the water was nine feet deep. Mrs. Edwards called to Hood, 42, laborer, who was standing on the bank. Hood swam 15 feet and grasped Mrs. Edwards’s extended hand. The three went under the surface and rose, Hood being four feet from Mrs. Edwards and Blanche, who were clasped together. Hood went under the surface again, reappeared, and then sank and was drowned. Mrs. Edwards and Blanche remained at or near the surface in an unconscious condition and were later taken to the bank in a boat and were revived. 24925-2023
24925 – 2023
24925-2023