Richard A. Morris, 31, porter, saved an unidentified woman from drowning, Chicago, Illinois, September 6, 1913. Morris was on a passenger vessel that was starting from a dock along the Chicago River. When the vessel was 30 feet from the dock, the engine was reversed, and the paddlewheels exerted a powerful suction. At the moment the engine was reversed, a woman jumped from the dock into the water. Within 15 seconds Morris dived from the vessel about 16 feet astern of the paddlewheel. The woman was midway between the vessel and the dock. Morris reached her in two or three strokes and grabbed her. The engineer of the vessel had rushed to the rail when Morris dived, and he had the wheels stopped in a few seconds. Morris swam to the dock with the woman, and men lifted her from the water. She was revived. 11174-922
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