Show TOT SWEPT THROUGH CULVERT IS UNHURT gee im lucky laughs five year old lad erie pa rescued by a crowd of more than 1000 persons persona after lie he had been washed through a 1000 foot culvert 80 36 inches in diameter dini diminutive joseph six was duly impressed with his unusual experience gee but IM lucky aint 17 I 1 1 bet my mommy and daddy think im dead these were ills his first words as lie shivered und under er the coat of charles green driver of the car of tile the chief of the erie fire department aljo took him to st vincents bosl hospital tal ghys phys physicians clans at the hospital declared the boy had been uninjured and lie he was taken to his parents nis ills mother wept ills fathers tat liers voice was husky with joy the boy slipped and fell into the rain swelled open end of the culvert in ash street near parade and thirtieth streets several people saw him fall and soon a great crowd augmented by the erie firemen began hunting lor for biro they searched frantically for more than two hours before t they hey learned he be had been rescued large blocks of wood swept through the culvert by the raging waters made his progress hazardous lie he was tossed against the rough edges of the concrete tube but finally emerged at the opposite end shivering but smiling the mocks blocks hit bit me but I 1 shoved them off as they went by with the big waves and kept ml head bead close to the top he told firemen it was a wonder one of those big logs knock me for a goal but I 1 guess my dodging helped |