| Show NEARLY NI IllIN DROWN I HD ED Unity and aint Claudo Wee Bieak Tho Ilio leo Ico While Skating All Afi Fred Pred Timmons n tl motorman on the Park line In speedinG his car ear Liberty Ilbert Park larl mornIng about 10 ho lie to J lant anc towards the lake Inke ho imo wits astonished tu to see Bee two Juvenile sticking though a II hole In the ice tut It took him just OH UN long as us It 11 to tell toil It to 10 atop the cur car Culling Calling tho the conductor time thu couple couille then abandoned their car CRr and raced across the park to tl thu tho luke where here two little fellows were standing up to their necks In the theley Icy ley water ater The rime men to the boys to keep keel courage ns n they would get set them out ns its quickly as ns It soon noun became evident that a rescue r CUe by Ly the simple 81 of or breaking through the Ice until the boys boya weta wele reached would lit III II a tedious t dlou anti wet Vet undertaking so HU time the men mar broke 11 the lock oft off the tilt and anil hauled out a n ladder Tills ThIs did not prove a 0 success but upon arriving upon tIme the scene s ene one of or the time heavy heny boats lionts was waH got ot out au I Hy By 13 time the time the tho boys were reached they were vero both on the verges verge er of ot nets ness nea from rein the thc cold They The were taken out anti ami d to the boathouse lier they hey tile were rubbed vigorously for tor half an tin hour hou r before they could stand up ill U UThe The youngsters oung lers proved to 10 be Hurry and Claude Hire aged 11 U and amid 13 U res rell respectively und and ns as soon soomi as os their Identity had d been established 1 a n messenger Was sent Hent to notify their parents who came amo post haste hasle with dry tin clothes anti took look their bo boys 8 home near Tenth Tenh h South and Fourth I IlIst streets Had JIM the youngsters not been seed een eeli when they the were Vero It seems that thoy they must have perished Harry hud hur to 10 stand In the time Icy cold cohl water with his hla head thrown buck back to keep tho time water from tram entering his mouth while shile his brother wan so done dono up tl that he lie could rim In otter offer any assistance n The lads were skating together when they IMy wont went through the Ice anti and In their to 10 get et out they hud hind Broken the time Ico ice for fora I a 1 distance of or a dozen feet teet around them When seen Aen by h the crew of at cur car No 65 they timey w were cere re too weak to cry for tor help anti and would undoubtedly have collapsed and lost their lives had hall not help been forth orth doming rime Tho Incident delayed del yel traffic tram on the Calders lark line limie hut but needless s to say time the men maca will not bo be disciplined for abandoning their car while on all duty duly As near ns OR can bo be b gathered time he boys hal been In III the tho water of ot an hour before they were rescued |
