Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-17
GALLANT RESCUE
FROM CITY CREEK
William Henry Elliott, An Aged
Shoemaker, Plunges Into Tor
rent After Little Girl.
CHILD NEARLY LOSES LIFE.
Peati'tce Wheeling Insensible When
Taken out is Rcsuscitated With
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in Bad Way.


on'y tne eAcep''ohal bravery Oh WIZ
liam Henry Elliott. a shoemaker. pre-
vented CITY creek in the flooded North
rro,,,,to ats.,.,,, ,ro,,, .,o,r,,,,~ ~ ne
or nVe-Yearoid glrl IN lts season
OF springtime rampage.
Heatrice Wheeling. closely followed
-. 80. ..s
W ie' ''i e''' -V'u ''''''
to cross the creek on plank at b.2o
o'clock last night. In a small shoe shop
ac,oss Tho straa, Mr. r,,iott was
watching the pair, ana suddenly ne
saw the leading girl totter. fall, and
disappear in the rushing water.
The spot was only few yards above
the Sixth West bridge which is eight
rods wide, and crosses the entire street.
He rushed 10 tbe MINER, ond only To
ni'u that the girl had passed unuer'
| and the only hope to catch her was To
plunge in at the west end, and catch
-, ~ -, .,,.,,,
NJ no ''o e'i''' w
The current at this point is very
swift, as it is Just preparing to leave
| the hanks and Il was we'll nm IN FL
| ,,,..,a - IT., -. -, H.
~ ia NJ IN 49, NC "eii' ''et '"o
|
| ho was ople " noiu "'s 1873 ~,
noWeNei, lohs eilonsh W siasp
gu pous, wlnen ioa'eu a..
$500 80 p'pn ''. III .L,.,,,s,,
ullsn. leu ma.l peii1 Is Nls ,,I 80
.,e iliu'h -, Ma dai 80 ne ,,a 81 81 ,hicb To-.
iOW ,s suou ueai Vi .,,,to - VA has,,
,n,,,dn,. 4, bad i rendsred her nartIv nm
uI,us. =. hau ~ ,.,aSa NO ~, f,ort e,thar
70 s,r,ce,,a NJ ,o cling IN her resnuel.
An exnressman who was passing
a. up at,sid ~. s,,,,o,t had cot IL
soon ~ ~ ,,,.,n5 a. t, ~, n,ofharis
~ ba,,sn a. o. nnrtb siytb West The
n,onpgar sister Bonita. watched the
resc',s from Tho bridge, hut was too
,,o,,,o 70 noticn What Was ha'npening.
''u'is " '''e
MRS. WHEELiNGS SToRf'
Nrs Wheeling was oyerioyed when
.ha so,,nd bar little pirl recovering
from Inc exncrience Today when in
terviewed al her home both little girls
were with her in the house, with the
| screen door securely fastened.
They got away just in minute,
she SAID, wnen my neau Az, vas %nan the
expressman came carrying Beatrice
II should think that experiences IKE
this would teach the city council thH'
the demand OF the West Side for pro
lection from City creek is not Inelels
a fanciful one screens AZ the priuses
even would prevent things IKE TINS
where child is carried uhner ~
eight-rod bridge with no chance 70 nell. =.
| herself or to be helped by otners' .
Mr.. Elliott feel more gratetul tnan
| WORDS can eNpain ius ne ,,,,d
one OF the most heroic man cou,u
| undertake. Many a strohs man "ouiu
be unable TO resist that currenS aiIu
| would himself be IN DANGER Oh uro"h
ing"
Az Mr., Elliotts snoe snop, winch
a very modest bullding on lhe nSr.n .,
east corner OF Sixth West and North
Tempe, 1t was learned that MI Ell
lott was at home III smaii pulaine
west OF the Exposition buluns on tn''
fair grounds Here ne was iou'iu u. oV ~, :
fined TO his room on account OF the
shock ana chiil.
II could once STAND GOOD uea, 'nole
chilling than can now ne salu, Ioi
was a sea faring man most OF ny
younger years, and In my teens was
a deep sea fisherman, in the Enslish
channel.
No ,,1rp-1Ap
81 look upon a thief who stole from
my shoe shop three weeks ago ii pairs
Of shoes as the best friend I ever had
III he comes back / would be tempted
to take him by the hand, for yesterday
my family wanted TO go to Saltair Mrs
Elliott went with some of the children
~, feIt TOO moor after the robbery
and n seems almost a divine interven-
Eor mai kent me at home, for other
~ ~ chiid would have surely beer
Srse,rad
u' ~ ,ras n, NV shop after completine
nv work when saw the child crossing