Morris J. Gulledge, 11, schoolboy, saved L. Ferne Goans, 8, and attempted to save Laura J. Goans, 10, from drowning, Amarillo, Texas, June 19, 1928. Ferne fell from the bank of a pool in the Arroyo Bonita into water eight feet deep. Laura jumped into the water after Ferne and reached her eight feet from the bank. Morris swam 10 feet to the girls and took hold of one of them. Both took hold of him, and Morris was momentarily submerged several times with them in a struggle. Laura then let go her hold of him, and he swam seven feet with Ferne toward the bank. A woman reached out from the bank and pulled Ferne to it. Morris was too exhausted to go back to Laura, and she was drowned. 28498-2346
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