OCR Text |
Show SIS DYING IN in CMEJ ILL HOW ANDREW J. HEDGER OF CITY, GAR-DE- KAN., WON A CAR- NEGIE MEDAL. FORGOT SELF FOR FELLOW MAN Calmly Made Hit Will and Arranged for Handling of Property In Event of Death and Then Rescued Victim. Kansas City, Mo. Among alt of the cases of heroism reported to the Carnegie hero fund commission there la one which stands In a class by Itself as the best Illustration of Individual bravery on record with this commission which has knowledge of thousands of cases any one of which is sufficient to call for commendation. This hero of heroes Is Andrew J. Iledgcr, aged 45, now of Garden City, Kan., superintendent of schools in An Effort Was Mads to Draw Him Out, But This Failed. Haskell county, who, while .visiting a school in an adjoining county as a favor to a .friend, also a superintendent of schools, learned of an accident In a well that was being repaired two miles distant and without a moment of hesitation left the school and, running the entire distance, succeeded, after every other man there had refused even to assist him, in saving the life of one man and recovering the body of another which had been burled In two tons of sand 32 feet below the surface of the ground. The scene of the accident and heroic rescue is on the farm of William H. Nunn; who wds killed, about six miles southwest of the village of Flercevllle, Kan., through which the Arkansas river winds its way. On the southern side of the Arkansas river is a chain of sand hills about 70 miles long, and it was in this formation the accident happened. The 'Nunn farm Is located in about the center of these hills. A well 72 feet deep had been drilled on this property about a year previous and had become clogged, although cased up with pipe. The sand point or screen had failed to work properly for several days, and an excavation about four feet square was made with the well casing in one corner of the hole. There was no platform at the top of the well, but a derrick about 20 feet high had been built over the opening. The excavation was not walled up and there was no water at the depth, where the trouble was located. The weather was fair, with moderate temperature, and the sun was shining brightly. Rains during a few previous days had caused the sand to be very wet When William Nunn decided to repair his well he asked the assistance of Joseph H. King and W. R. Taylor, neighboring farmers. The sand point used in clearing out the well had been drawn to a point at the bottom of the excavation where it stuck. Nunn and King had been working In the excavation the day previous, and when the sand point stuck they were also in the hole, while Taylor was at the top operating a rope to the end of which was attached a small sand box. On the afternoon of the day of the accident Mr. King said he would go to the top and get a file, and after separating a section of the cas- lng would file the sand point loose so that it would work properly. Nunn and King were standing together at the bottom of the excavation, when King caught hold of the rope and gave the signal to Taylor above to draw him up. Suddenly and without the slightest warning about two tons of sand caved in on the men. The fall of sand struck Nunn fairly and burled him completely, and King was burled up to his armpits, with his arms held against bis body by the weight of the sand. There was no ladder, and, as there was no one at the mouth of the well to lower him, Taylor, who was at the top, was powerless to give assistance, although King, who could talk, was begging for help. Taylor jumped on bis horse and rode rapidly away In search of assistance, and soon the countryside was aroused and was hurrying to the scene of the accident, but despite King's cries and pleas for help there was no one who would venture down to the rescue. As Taylor rode past the Webb school on his trip to notify the farmers of the accident, and ask for assistance, the children were having their recess and, hearing the news, reported it to their teacher. At this time Mr. Hedger was visiting Webb school, lie is a man of herculean build, standing live feet ten Inches and weighing 207 pounds, and as soon as he learned of the accident ho rushed from the schoolhouse and ran ail the two miles to the site of the well and found a large number of men already gathered there, but none of whom was making any effort at res cuing the imprisoned men. He looked into the well, heard King pleading for his life and, turning tc the crowd, asked for some one who would volunteer to go with him to the rescue of the men. , There was a silence of several minutes, not one cf the men offering to lend any assistance, and Hedger Bald. Never mind; I will go alone, and God helping me will bring the men to the top, and, fer my childrens sake, I hope I also will get back to the i top. With one of the most noted demonstrations of coolness in the face of extreme danger on record he stopped only long enough to make his will and to arrange for the handling of his small property in the event of his death while in the well or as a result of his descent into it. As soon as ho reached the bottom and a shovel was lowered to him he commenced work to release King, and when part of his body had been uncovered an effort was made to draw him out, but this failed because the body of Nunn had fallen across the legs of King and pinioned him. Then all of the sand was removed and Nunn's body was uncovered, but be was dead. The body was laid to one side and King was raised to the surface more dead than alive. The rope was again lowered into the well, and then Hedger tied the rope about the body of the dead man and, losing sight of the danger in which he was, insisted that the body be raised before he attempted to make his own escape. It required from two to two and one-hal- f hours to get the two men and the rescuer from the well. No precaution was made to wall the sides of the well to prevent a further cave-i- n before Hedger made his sensational descent, and the only care taken was that one man was to watch the side of the well where it looked more likely that there would be a further cave-in- , and if such a thing occurred this man was to shout a warning to Hedger, and he from the bottom of the well was to make an effort to get away from the deluge of sand by climbing up the two-incpipe. HD TO SEA BY OCEAjUpSTEB TWO ITALIAN FISHERMEN HAVE THRILLING . EXPERIENCE OFF SAN FRANCISCO. CATCH BIG SEA LION IN NET SOUTH-BOUN- For Parson, Santaquln and . Lo Angeles No. 05 For Parson, Santaquln and'" . Neptal No. 05 For Parson, Nephl' "and" Mantl No. Powerful Creature Makes for Open Water, Struggling to Free Itself Finally Turns with Tide and Takes Men Back. San Francisco. The Italian fisher men of San Francisco sometimes have very thrilling experiences and narrow escapes from the monsters of the deep their vocation. By in following monsters of the deep are meant, principally, whales, sharks and sea lions. Very recently two Italian fishermen had an experience with a monster sea lion, which reads more like a blood and thunder" story than actual fact. Dragged out past leering harbor lights to sea, Nlchola! Stotezo and Gulseppl Cassonelll fought desperately for several hours in the clutches of an unknown terror while out fishing recently. Despairing of overcoming a power they felt but could not see, they were about to give up when a strange deliverance came to them. The tide turned from ebb to flow, and obeying some unknown law, or freak of fancy, the terrifying thing which had beer, gripping their net and dragging them to destruction, turned with it and towed them straight back through the shifting sea mist to shore and safety. The early morning's sun was yellowing the fisherman's big bight near the old Meiggs wharf when a monster that was not a myth by any means was slowly and with great efforts drawn in with the net Cassonelll, Stotezo and the amazed knot of Italian fishermen they had summoned to assist them suddenly saw a large sea lion, .which measured nearly 15 feet NORTH-BOUN- ' . I THE STORY OF NOT ALWAYS WELL TO BUTT IN. All New Clerk FALL. I fell oh! will you cease that bray? And for six hours unconscious lay. But do not weep! For, though It gives the show away, 1 ought In very truth to say I fell asleep! Charles Vivian, In Royal Magazine. AND THEN THEY CLINCHED. 1IIREE DISTINCT SCENIC EOT C ROBERTSON And goes without a lot of sleep Just for the son and heir. Judge. Plaatcring and Cement Work e Specith) Mantlet and Fir Place Eurniahtd aad k Spaniab Fork, Vlab. STEBBfi CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS and despair. I manage to First Landlady (shriek) keep my (shriek, shriek) boarders longer than you do. AMBIGUOUS. DR. N. C. SPALDI VETERINARY PHYSICIAN Second Landlady Oh, I dont know AND SURGEON (shriek, shriek) you keep (shriek) them so thin that they look (shriek, Office at Palace Drug Store, Pronfc shriek) longer than they really are!!! Both Phenes. Mother Goose a la Newport. Little Mlsa MufTet Bat on a turret Playing bridge whist all night; But a society shark Found ahe was a mark, And won all her rash ere twaa light Chicago Dally News. Times Change. Trembling Attendant (nineteenth century) Your majesty, I somehow got a little scratch on your third best crown. The Czar (furiously) Off with his head! length, snorting, growling and struggling desperately, enmeshed hi hundreds of feet of the strong netting. The only way to secure such a savage and powerful creature was to shoot it, and this was done. When finally drawn ashore it was found that the lion weighed about 800 pounds. It was about midnight when and Stotezo put out in tbelr sail launch bound for Lime Point to begin fishing for rock cod and sea bass. At the point they let down their net and had just begun to fill their pipes when suddenly their boat began to rock violently. Both thought that they had caught a shark, and they began with all haste to pull in the long net, shaking it vigorously as they did Careless Attendant (twentieth century) Your majesty, I fell and broke your majesty's magnificent gold and diamond crown all to pieces. Trembling Czar Oh! Is that all? I feared from the noise It was another bomb. N. Y. Weekly. in She Whos your fair friend? He I really forget her name, only a bare acquaintance. She Hardly that She had her opera cloak on. so. Then the unseen creature in the net began straining until the lines tore through their hands. The prow of the boat was almost submerged, and for a time Cassonelll and his companion feared they would be dragged under I I HORSE IN FIRM AT At the old Oran Lewis corner, on V? villa road. Spanish Fork, Utah. X St1 Bone Spavin and Pipes e! Feafaia tta or no pay. X Crippled and lame to specialty. X All a ticnala examined et charge. Look well to your hortca teR bom them come many disease. "Lie let live it my motto. J. A. BR? Whats the matter!): with IDAHO S: Thousands of acres of land a been reclaimed to cultivsti irrigation in that State d, the past 10 years. Thou more will be reclaimed the next lOyeari. Thixr an opening for many thouJ of homes. i KNEW IT. The Cooks Question. 1. wonder if hie heart Is fired. He calls here every night; wonder are hla calls Inspired By love or appetite? Hoyal Magaslne. Have You Investigated It has been truthfully IDAHO termed i Land of Opportunit, A Land of Homes J The Little Brother Again. Bobby My sister will be down in a few minutes, Mr. Softly, shes up- stairs rehearsing. The Oregon Short Line Mr. Softly (who has come prepared) is rehearsing, Bobby? Bobby I dont know, exactly, but shes standing in front of the mirror, and blushing and saying: Oh, Mr. Softly er this is so sudden." Royal Magazine. Railroad li W-wh- B. H. BROWN, Livery The Star Melodrama. Heroine (wildly) The empty The lines became slack. Suddenly the was coming hills, the empty valleys, the The thing enmeshed The Villain (gloomily) And the toward the surface. They prayed that house. Chicago Daily News. empty it would free Itself and so escape; but they were sorely disappointed. VERY ORIGINAL. The lines remained slack for only a few seconds, and then they found that they were being towed rapidly out toward the open sea. At first the boat moved Blowly, but in the course of a few minutes it was moving at a rate of ten miles an hour The kedge anchor was as good as useless. Old Fort Point was passed, and later the light on Mile Rock was Jones (to old gent who is staring) Excuse me, sir, but do you find any thing familiar about me? Old Gent Boy a pony. Yes, my umbrella. Like Father, Like 8on. Grandpa, I wish youd buy me My Grandpa, (a philanthropist) son, think of the poor boys who can't even get bread to eat Boy I was thinking of them the poor little boys whose papas have ponies to sell that nobody will buy. Royal Magazine. ' Vainly they endeavored to row in the opposite direction, but found that useless. They could not even slacken the speed of their craft. Out at the Heads they thought that the wind might aid them, and so set the sails ao that they might turn around as they moved forward; but that did them no good whatever. Finally, when they thought they would never again reach the shore, the tide came to their relief. The as yet unseen monster evidently concluded that dragging the heavy boat against the strong tide was no Jack That man who has charge of worked the pond Is very original. easy task, so it gradually around and started back, to the inexJess How is that? I told him not to allow pressible joy of the two fishermen. any They managed to steer the craft up to corpulent people to skate, so he put up Fisherman's the Wharf, where the i sign: Thin ice for thin people, sea lion revealed itself and met its fate. i N water. twinkling astern. J f Make regular call to Spanish Fort nr 1 Tburaday. . Office at World Drut Cas-Bonel- ll to the windlass and caught the little dog, but could not climb out. There was no place to stand and finally he made a loop in the rope in which he put his foot and this helped to relieve the strain. He was compelled to relinquish his grasp of the dog. The animal fell into the water and was drowned. For 16 hours Ray remained in the well. He sang songs, told stories to himself and laughed to keep his strength ani courage. Through all the long night the man grapsed the rope, hoping that some one would come In time to save him, but as the time passed, as hour after hour followed and no one came, he began to lose hope. Finally, just as he thought he must give up, he saw a man looking into the well. It was A. P. Solberg, a neighbor, who came after a team of horses, and knowing that Ray must be at home somewhere, started to search for him. He quickly pulled Ray out of the well. Upon reaching the top, Ray, exhausted, lost his grip and would have fallen back had not Solberg grasped him. Solberg looked like an angel with the blue sky as a blackground," Ray said after his rescue. 1 FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAM . Williston, H. D. J. Woodford Ray had a remarkable escape from death in a well on his farm on the South side. He was alone on the farm when his pet dog fell into the well and he went to the rescue. He let himself down in the Well by the rope fastened He Sang Songs and Told Stories to Himself. City uaetLto rise at early dawn just for the sun and air; He argued that we needed all of that there waa to spare. But now he rises oft at night in anger lie FARMER ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE DOG BUT NEARLY MEET8 DEATH. 32-fo- r Pulman Palace and ordinary Blcenlnj I Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Low 1 Chicago without change. Free Reclining Chair Cara; Peraoult! ducted Excursion; a perfect Dining Ce, vice. t I For rates, folder, ete , Inquire of P. K. HrimiNo, Ticket la or write L A. BENTON. G. A. P.D., Salt Lake QZ -- 1 I notice some of these Hours, v-- No. 8 For Kureka, Mammoth and " 1 ver City 1 Connection made In Ogden Unload,,, ell train of Southern Paoiflc andOregmj t Line. OFFERS CHOICE OP AND barrels of apples are marked X and some Z. Are they different kinds? Dealer No; same kind, but differently packed. Some customers want a barrel opened at the bottom and some at the top. N. Y. Weekly. Hi -- j Tastes Suited. Changed I Arrival and departure of train from, t No. 7 For Sprlngville, Provo, Salt Lain . and all polnta east arid writ.. No.tt ForSprinevllle Provo.SaltUkt , and all point naat anil west . No. S For F.urcka, Mammoth and Sil- - 5 HOURS two-inc- h A The other night I fell now, pray, All vapid Interruptions stay; For aneers are cheap! After the crash," imparted the first hospital surgeon to the second, I ran over to where it lay on the pavement; and when I raised it up I saw at once that its ribs were smashed, while a gaping hole was torn in its Pardon me, doctor," broke in the medical student, who had caught these words as he was about to pass by into the consumptive ward; "but if you have no objections, Id like to take a few notes on that accident case. He pulled his note book from his pocket Was the case a child? No, the surgeon ii.formed him, to I was speaking his embarrassment of my umbrella. Judge. DOWN A WELL FOR SIXTEEN D No. 0J For Provo, PI. Grove, American Fork, Lehl, Uerour. Salt Lake , No. M For Provo, Salt Lakoa'ni Intermediate polnta . No. 04 For Provo, Salt Unite and'1' Intermediate points h Palatial trains are now runniniTK tween Salt Lake and the Paclflo Cosst' UTAH COUNTV tain direct tonekm llest local train service great cities J.- H. BtTHTNS. District Passenger 4 N. Pztskbbm, Depot Ticset a,JT h HANGS 01 Respecting Their 6lumbere. Then when you have finished your lecture, said the professor of elocution and deportment to young Duile, bow , graciouBly and leave the plat form on' tiptoe." Why on tiptoe?" queried Dulle. So as not to wake the audience, replied the professor. Royal Hie Scheme. "And how are you going to make any money out of your magazine? "We shall print the pictures end biographies of all the prominent men. And they will buy up the whole edi- Food Stable. Hack Meets all I -- li Spanish Fork Co-Operit- ive i u jj Institution, In Dealer la hi General Merchandi90 Flour, O and Grain Produces J' i- - JJ JJ llsaufactureri of Harness, Boots Cleveland V NO. 12. Rpealek Pork, And j li TralS 'PHONE tion." distribute it?" "No destroy IL" Leader. F h ad Cth Shoes. JOHN JONES, BgianUh Fork - - ec SupL |