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Show 8-Inch Texas Trap Crews Save Boy From Well Pipe f - . , r ..-- - , ' ' """ it . V J . : , ; . .' - .;. ; . .. 4 . . v - H Spent Three Terrible Hours In Well Mr. and Mr. James Oow hold 1-year-old Bobby I hospital. He waa none the worse for wear after tenderly aa they prepare to take him home from I erewa worked three hour to aave him from well. AUSTIN, Tex., Oct 29 (UP) Threo-year-old Bobby Gow awoke in Brackenridge General hospital Saturday with only a "alight akin abraaion" on his forehead to enow for hla three hours of terror 14 feet down In an abandoned Irrigation Irriga-tion well. A fireman and two helpera fought their Way Into the earth, working with their bare handa at times, and prevented a tragedy such aa that which took the life of little Kathy Fiacus, golden-haired golden-haired youngster who fell into an abandoned well at San Marino, Cel., last April. Scores of workmen aided in the operation aa hundreds of spectators specta-tors stood by silently, praying for the little sandy-haired boy. 'Excellent' Condition Physicians at the hospital said Bobby was in "excellent" condition condi-tion after rescue workers last night pulled the tear-stained boy from the eight-Inch well casing In the back yard of his home. Bobby plunged Into the well while playing with his brother and sister, Jimmy, 8, and Peggy, IX Momenta after Peggy reported simply to her parents that "Bobby fell in the well," firemen and construction con-struction workers, determined that another "baby trap" death should not occur, wheeled giant earth-moving earth-moving machines Into the yard of the Gow's modest frame house just outside Austin's city limits. Bobby's whimpered cries from deep In the dungeon spurred the rescuers on as they dug a crater alongside the shaft, then cut through the well casing to release him. His small-boned body . was wedged in the pipe with one hand stretched upward and the other pinned against his body. A line, dropped over his extended hand, waa held by rescuers during the operation to keep him from slipping slip-ping deeper into the well. The boy's father, James, knelt beside the shaft throughout the work to free his son. He spoke soothingly to him, reassuring Bob-by Bob-by that he would be all right Marshall Miller, a district fire chief working down in the pit with two helper, said "The boy would cut up a little bit now and then, but his father would tell him, 'Settle down down there, we'll get you out In a few minutes,' and then he would settle down." Reaches Boy First Miller was the first to reach Bobby. "We cut a hole above the baby in the pipe," he said. "We used a chisel and a hammer to begin with, then we finished with heavy tin snips." When the hole was large enough. Miller reached a hand through the opening and grasped Bobby's extended ex-tended hand. "We didn't want to take a chance on him falling," he said. His helpers enlarged the hole while Miller held tight to Bobby. Spectators surged against the police lines holding them back aa the boy's tiny figure waa lifted from the well. A gasping sigh of relief swept across the crowd as they realised Bobby waa etlU alive. Many dropped to their knees to offer a prayer of thanks for his delivery. Gow remained behind briefly to watch the towering machines fill In the well. He said a wooden cover of heavy planking nailed to a two-by-four frame had been over the well Friday. |