Herbert J. Hesse, 16, farmhand, saved Carrie E. Krause, 26, and Elsie G. Breytspraak, 22, from drowning, Whitehall, Michigan, July 14, 1909. Hesse, who had suffered a slight heat stroke four hours previously, swam 50 feet to the women, who had gotten beyond their depth in Duck Lake. He grasped Miss Breytspraak while she held to Mrs. Krause, who was under the water, and started toward the shore with them. His burden forced him so low in the water that he had difficulty in breathing, but he succeeded in swimming to shore with both women. 4042-377
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