Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-05
Lives That We're Saved
by the Summer Girl

abreast OF her, and held on, swaying
prowess in bringing the two girls safe
back n forth and saving On the bit.
for more than a hundred yards.
Quite similar to this was the daring
act of Mrs. George Corwin. Of SIAM
ford. She seized the bit of a frantic
horse dashing toward a crowd in the
main street of Bridgeport, n by her
courage and presence OF mind undoubt-
eddy save the lives or limbs of moro
than one person.
Miss Annie Barner hesitated not a
moment 10 risk a horrible death under
the wheels of a Pennsylvania railway
train at Elizabeth, n. j., to a V the
life of 2~-year-old Edward Copeland,
who had wandered to the track. The
speeding locomotive was almost on him
when Miss Barner climbed up the steep
embankment. seized the child and drew
him out of danger.
The terror that a mad dog inspires
in the mind of a young woman did not
aus Miss Anna Winters, II years old,
TO hesitate when the moment came to
do a brave act. At her homa in Pres
colt street, Jersey City, a mongrel dog
which had been in the family for half a
dozen years suddenly went mad on one
of the recent hot days. 1t pursued
Annals 5-year-old brother Harry into
the room in which she was sitting and
had sprung upon the boy to bite him.
Instantly the girl rushed to the child's
assistance, drew the dog TO herself, and
Il fierce fight for life ensued. The girl
got her hands around the beasts neck
and chung and choked him with a des-
perate grip. She held on until she had
strangled him to death.
The summer has produced many lit
tie girl heroes. The prompt and brave
action of 11-year-old Fannie Haskowitz,
of No. 81 Hopkins street. Brooklyn,
saved the life of her 4-year-old sister
Julia. The children were crossing the
street, when a Sumner avenue car bore
down on them. Fannie a crossed
safely, when she saw Julia knocked
down by the fender OF the car and car
ried beneath ii to the swiftly moving
wheels. Fannie was instantly down at
her little sisters side, dragging her for
ward and out until she had pulled her
away from the wheels. Julia tainted,
and when the ambulance came 1t was
found that one of her legs was broken,
but her little-mother sister had saved
her life.
A still younger heroine is Madeline
Spinello, of New Haven, who rescued a
little boy playmate who was drowning
in the river.
And think of Rena Etson, 5 years old,
who walked into a fire in the street
near her home at Battle Creek, Mich.
anu uIdSSeu ncf o-Sear-Old sister from
the flames. The brave deed wa done
with a cool elaboration not often
found i'm older persons on similar oc-
casions. She did not call out when
she saw the danger TO her little sister,
because she was afraid she would
scare her to go further into the fire"
The baby was scarcely injured, while
the little heroine was severely burned
about the face and chest.
Another little mother" of s years.
Hannah LAWN. of No. TIA East One
Hundred and Fffty-seventh street, was
left alone to care for ner two baby
brothers while the real mother went
TO market. When Mrs. LAWN returned
there were fire en- gines and an excited
crowd in front of the house and smoke
was pouring from the windows of her
fiat. She swooned in attempting to
make her way through the halls. suffo-
eating with smoke, to the third floor,
where she had left her children. But
meanwhile little Hannah had worked
her way out of the burning fiat, little
~3-year-old Joe clinging to her skirts
and the 1~-year-old baby in her arms,
covered with an Old shawl to shut out
the sight and su~ffocating smell OF the
smoke. Willing hands were ready at
the last flight Of stairs to help the
little heroine and her charges.