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Show B ' HOG ATTACKS BABY WHILE B ASLEEP IN GO-CART B ! Child Saved From Being Devoured B lj , Only By Timely Arrival Of B Its Father. M B ' , Salt Lako City, June 22. At Union, B t yesterday, a shocking fata almost ov- B ' I . , ertook a flvc-months-old baby. Tho B I child wns saved from being devoured B j by a hog only by tho timely arrival B of Its father. Before the vicious nnl- B ' ' mnl could bo driven off It bad sovero- B !' bitten tho baby's lips, one of Its B ' enrs a'11' ono of M bnnds. B The victim of tho attack was tho B child of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Knudscn. B , v Tlle baby was left in tho care of its B (1 " ' ' father, wlillo tho mother went to tbo B I btore t0 niako bomo purchases. Tbo B l)alj' VNaa Placed in u go-cart In tho B 1 i I slind 0 of n tree, wbero It lay peace- B 1 fully sleeping. Knudson went to at- B I j I tend to Bomo work in connection with B I I his Irrigating ditches. B While engaged In that work Knud- B - son heard his baby scream. Rushing B w'"1 a" I'osslblo speed to the placo H where tho baby was, Knudson saw B ,lint ft Klgantlc hog, which had been B running at large, had overturned the H baby's go-cart and was ferociously at- B tacking the child. Knudson succeed- B ' ' ed In drhlng off tho nog, but not B without a show of fight on the beast's B B ' As Quickly as possible the baby was B j taken to Murray, where Its Injuries B 1 wero dressed by Dr. W. II. Rothwell. IDr. nothwcll hopes to bo ablo to save the child from llfolong disfigurement. . 1 . |