Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-26
SAVED FROM DEATH.
POut Persons Hurled H.adlOlg lllO a
Mill Pond.
llaELY ASSISTANCE rs wOREuEy.
Wonderfully Narrow Escape from Death
of Mrs. Sanders aud Two
Children.

Soldtn sauIero, Of Eas; waterloo, 10
one oi the most grateful persons Ia
town today. The cause ot hls feeling
OF gratitude is that hia WHO and two
chiidtgu afu aiill alive anu well ailoran
alarming experience yesterday after.
noon. Mrs Sanders had been visiting
her parents south OF the city, aud
was returning home IN a light
wagon, tho driver Of the team
being Mt s,uiou8ou, her father. She
had with her hct little boy three years
old and girl eighteen months old.
About . O'Clock thoy were coming
down the hill ca the STATE road, At
Gorion's mill, seven miles south Of
thc city. Tue county iz putting 10 a
large bridge over tho Cottonwood creek
az that place, and for tina, purpose
has cOnbtfuctuu q temporary road,
nud has a number OF men engaged.
On tue west sido Of the road, at the
iIot VI tho hlli, 90 the old mill pond,
Ia which Tue water b ten 90 fitlon foot
deep Around the edge Of tile pond
thc mud 10 very deep, caused
~ thu clayry coll being GOV.
cred by water Whoa part way
down the hill, the ntukyoko broke aud
Mt ST. iiuusOn'a team started OUT on
run. Tho animals had gone but a lew
iumps when they suddenly turned and
plunged into the mill ponJ, going COM
piutrly under the water,
When tue wagon went into the pond
#. d d.. .Hs. 81.
pcu1ns in % were thrown violently
iDTWhri. Mr stcilonsJn alightcd
on his itct Ia the pond, and
fortunately was In position TO
quickly cXtficatu himself The little
girl had been thrown beyond him Ia
the deep water, and nlat,d toward
him, thus enabling him 10 seize aud
rescue her. 10 gave him some tf0ubiu,
however TO get out of the pond, anu
had thole been no assistance near by
Mts. sandtrs surely would have lost
hct life. She was plunged into
lhu mud aud water Ia such
way that che could not
oEifIcalc herself, aud the men at work
on the road rushed 10 her all, drawing
her out of her periluus position, in
which shu had been almost stfaugicd
! r.
When Mfs. Sanders was rescued she
appeared unconscious, but quickly
rallied Tor moment. sac opened
her eyes aud caught u glimpse
Of tho little girl In her iaihrf's
arms. She glanced around for tho
other childaud not seeing II, called for
her boy. This was the frst intimAtion
the wofkmun had that there was an
other child, aud they huffledly spfang
forward 90 search TOT II. one OF the
men clambeTeu over 70 where the
horses we're struggling In tho water
AMI there, between the laundering
animals, discovered the feet Of
the little by Just sticking
out Of the water. His head
was imbedded Ia the mud below.
lie was drawn out quickly, and ~ oil
appearances was dead. Tue mud anu
water were cleared from his mouth aud
nostfils, and hu gasped, showing signs
Of feviying life. Being given atlen.
ton Immediately, no was brought
around all right Ia about half an hour.
The faulty were latru % the home
Of NJ. SPHERE, near by, where tuey
received every care ana obtained a
change Of clothing. Mfs. Sanders anu
her ohillfen came ON 10 their home,
an1 SIT. SietiuuHJu returned 10 his
abode. To-day all gfu feeling pretty
we'll, the only effects Visible bciug tue
nervousness due 10 tue exciting oK.
UFflrupp