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Fort Erie Boys Rescued After Niagara River Struggle
Robert Spratt fourteen, of Fort Erie, Ontario, was saved from the icy Niagara river after clinging to a drifting airplane pontoon for a mile. Melvin Blanchard, thirteen, helped reach safety as Reginald Brown, a Toronto Sunday school teacher, and a Fort Erie fireman pulled Spratt from the water after his grip slipped.
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Niagara River
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Melvin Blanchhard
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Reginald Brown