Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-06
Mr. DlLLoa's TnnlLLlNo moe.
nss.-sa In pfidstream, Avid Raging
wstars, from cake af lee.

scicetman 81. J. Dillon. " Palmer. had
narrow escape ffom drowning IN the
river below Hastings bridge. aud between
30 and ~ o'clock he balanced between lie
and Death on slim cake Of Sec, clif Eing
dssparai,ly 10 some slender bushes IN mid
stream. while on the hank had gathered q
crowd ~ 30 or more, principally einploies
81 the win mill Mr. Dillon would With
out doubt have lot bin lie had there not
passed ju.t Al the time James Iiaichc and
Thomha Whalen. linemcn NJ the Postal
Telerrnph aud Gable company. Mr.. Dillon
WA very much exhausted afcr biz trying
experience. but he suffered no such Injury
A. John Desmond. who IN running 10 grt
The sclcuiman dry clothing fcll and broke
his collar bone.
Tho Quaboag river hid leon on the ram
rnrf To- several days. having spread over
the meadows for miles around, and having
rsrfn0wrd tho road adjoining ffaatings
Kridgs for = depth n seven feet. More
uyci, the lcu jam NJ the bridge became -
inflons that u was q question N The bridge
would not hc washed away. Il was In an
.nort TO protect tho town property thst
Mr.. Dillon got caught In the pfcaicnment.
lie walked out, axe In hand. on the lrm
ico below the bridge, and chopped for u
time 10 make clear channel for tho
.tiram. While with his back ~ tho open
water no was chopning be- felt N. lrc
loosen. and almost hsforc he knew II his
imprompiu rafi Ind sr,rycd m in,o tho
sufrrni. besides thedhrs water al around,
the cake on which Dillon hoatei proved
rotten aud i-nky, % when h. approached
/. iirin.r cake he gave mighty lisp and
inckily landed MI right Then his now
raft fioaicd down Tor distance 81 seventy.
Eve yards from the bridge. and IT. Last the
ielectman was enabled n anchor by catch.
Ing hold 81 tres NJ distance n seventy
flyc feet from the SHORE Although tho
butE Of the wire mill could he plainly
heard, aud he could scr men pssling In and
out, they did not hear his frantic shouts.
Just then Linemen kalohe md Mhalen.
cut fixing the telegraph wires. happened to
pas over tho bridge. and they Jaw the sc.
ieetman's prrdloamrnt They took prompt
action. As the stream had acodsd the road
beyond tho bridge, cutting on approach. II
became necessary for some ono 10 swim
across. So whalen unhitehed the horse.
aud tying an end Of long coll u wlTc 20
his waist h. mounted tho animal and
drove strnight into aba water. Raiche
managed tho wire from the shore. Their
idca WIS 10 run wire across tho stream
below tho man, N that any craft put out
" hi. rescue should not IN swep, down.
Whhlen and the horse strnggltil desperate.
ly Tor a time, tho wire nearly pulling on
the man and tho turhulcnt water neatly
dragging down the hsSs. Atlast dry land
W. reached. LuckiNoby this time the en-.
rioyui ~ the wirc mill had discovered the
plight ~ the solectman, who was sill
lhlyerlug on tho Ice cake Headed Ivy tho
aupcrlnLcnient they nocked to the shore.
Tho snpcrinis ndent ordered raft 70 he
built, and lumber was sooa on the spot and
Asizahle hoat was launched. Attached 10
u was the wire, which James iinlehe still
held on tho upper shore. Then a young
man volunteered 10 be the hoHinAn. and
ARMED with long polo hc showed IN, the
stream caught tho raft aud nearly sub.
merged u. but the win kep, Il from foai.
Ing down stream, and Il was kent clear nf
tho ice BY means Of the long pole. With
inhniie difficulty the hoAtman NJ last
reached Mf. Dillon. who wa aimosi *.
hansttd, and grabbing him by tho coat col.
lar ho pulled HIN on board and then started
back. The return trip was watched with
hrcathless interest by tho crowd, and the
superintendent ard oiheE employees NJ Tho
wife mill rushed into the water 90 pull tho
raft nahorn whom u WA near enough. Nj
Diilon was taken to the nearest farm house,
whore no was tendctly cared for. and ths
linensh u tho telegraph company were
warmly thanked for their elorts.s-S Spring.
;leld Republican.