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Show BRAVE BOY SAVES LIFEJf H Gill Act of Heroism Performed Dy Thomas Harris, Sixteen-Year-Old Lad. PLUNGES INTO WEBER RIVER; RESCUES PLAYMATE Young Folks Were Playing on Abutments of Bridge When Girl Lost Balance. Special to Tho Tribune. OODEN, March 2C An cct of htrolam w performed In tho Weber river Sunday afternoon after-noon when Thomaa Harris, tho 10-year-old "aon of Josoph Harris, the barber, reldlnc at 125 ratterson avenue. re?cuxi from drowning Mlra Jvy Ultlr. lu yearo of anc, and took hor out of tho Icy waters. Falls Into Hiver. Tho younc peoplo had been playlnc on tho abutments of tha now brldun of tho Ortmn fchort Line, whuro lankB were strunr from one. abutmant to another The Klrl lost hur balanco or cot dlrzy from the fprlntffur niove-nvent niove-nvent pf tho planks and fill Into tho Btrcanu iho river at present In quite high and sho u'"s, wiftly carliod down In tho current. without a momonfs hcultatlon and without removing any of his clothlnr. tho boy Jumped Into thu river aftor her And succeeded In nnchlnc her. belnc n skillful and powerful Bwlmrner. I If. relrod her within ten fet of what Is known a a drep and danmroun pool nnd dracKcd hor to a shallow place where they could both withstand tho force of the current. Had sho sona lnt tho deep whirlpool she would liavo been lost Aided Both to Iand. Even then tho boy could not ct hor safely to land, aj another branch of tho stream had to ho crosred. Mr. William NVwey, a car-prnter car-prnter In tho employ of the Utah ConstrucUon company, came alone and aided In the rescue of the boy and clrl. It Is thounht that If the boy hnd jtott n Into tho pool that both he nnd tho girl would have bren lost. Laden with his wntcn-RoalOHl clothing ho would not havo ben able to save either the Klrl or hlmrrlf. This Is not tho first lime younf: Harris has distinguished himself. About a year ceo ho rxved a baby from belnc run over by tho Overland Limited after an unuxually heroic effort- lie should bo a subject for a CarnrElo medal. |