James C. McMichael, 52, watchman, assisted in an attempt to save Nancy J. Simmons, 41, and others from drowning, Athens, Ohio, March 14, 1907. McMichael and a companion, in a small boat, put out in the floodwaters of the Hocking River to row 2,000 feet to the Simmons house, but their boat capsized and they had narrow escapes from drowning. 3718-272
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