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Show m ; ; ; Heroic Missouri Girl Saves Child From Well Macon, Mo. Word has reached here of a thrilling act of heroism by which Rowena Yount, a seventeen-year-old girl, saved the life of a two-year-old i child that had fallen in a 30-foot well containing ten feet of water, on n farm east of Bloomlngton. The baby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Yount. It was toddling about in the yard and suddenly headed for the well. When Rowena and Mrs. Yount looked around the little one was missing. Rowena, Mrs. Yount and Rowena's mother, Mrs. W. F. Yount, ran for the well. They could see the child bobbing up and down. Rowena didn't hesitate at the deep black hole. Carefully negotiating the edges, the girl let herself down until her feet caught hold of the rough rock lining the well. Using feet and arms with all her skill and strength, Rowena at last got down to the water and seized the child by the arm and pulled It out of the water. Unable to use her hands, she could not climb back. The two women summoned Arthur McDanlels from a neighboring farm. McDaniels climbed down In the well and took the child from Rowena's stiffened stif-fened arms, slowly made his way up the well and handed the unconscious i baby to the waiting women. Then he ! climbed back and helped Rowena out The baby was soon restored to con-sclousufss. |