George H. Hill, 46, deputy chief of police, saved George C. Manders, 13, school boy, from drowning, Jamestown, Rhode Island, July 18, 1919. George fell into Hog Pen Cove, a part of Narragansett Bay, and was carried 15 feet from the shore, where the water was 18 feet deep. The shores of the cove were of precipitous rocks, five to 10 feet high, making landing dangerous, and the water was very rough. Hill, who wore rubber boots, jumped into the cove and swam to George, who was being carried back and forth by the waves. George grabbed Hill by the leg, but Hill at once shook George’s hand loose and swam 15 feet with George to a rock at the shore, which was the only safe landing place in the cove. Hill tried to get a hold on the rock but was swept back by the waves. He again reached the rock and clung to it until a man reached down from the top and drew George up. Hill was then assisted to the top. He was exhausted. 19736-1667
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