Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1911 — Cork Leg Nearly Fatal. [ARTICLE]

Cork Leg Nearly Fatal.

Lynn, Mass. —William Green’s cork leg came near being tbe death of hint. Greene got beyond his depth while bathing and his artificial limb was so buoyant his feet flew Into tbe air and his head was forced under water. He was saved by a college girl who was out boating with a young man. She seised Greene by his hair and held his head out of water while her escort rowed to shore with'Greene dragging behind the boat