William F. Neff, 45, merchant, helped to save Amno F. Sharer, 34, bookkeeper, from drowning, Allentown, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1911. Neff dived and swam to Sharer, who had become distressed in the Lehigh River in water six feet deep. He started to swim toward a platform with Sharer, but the latter’s weight and his struggles forced Neff under the surface several times, and he became exhausted. Sharer then grabbed him around the neck, and both went under the surface. When they came up, a girl who held to the platform caught Neff’s extended arm and pulled them to shallow water. Neff suffered from nervous prostration for three days. 7152-492
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