Show WOMAN DIES TO SAVE telephone operator warns many ol 01 0 flood ignoring own doo doom trinidad col cot pacing facing certain death to save others with ample time to se so cure her own safety but faithful tc to her post of duty mrs S J I 1 roche rocho telephone operator at folsom N M gave up her life the other day af A least 40 persons alive today to day owe theli thelt escape from drowning to the woman who sat at her switchboard knowing the torrent was rushing upon her but calling up one after another of the subscribers ai in the path of the flood ano anc w naming arning them to flee without a 9 thought for herself she perished at her post when tho the building in which the exchange was located was swept away the body of the woman was found 12 miles down the canyon the head 41 piece riece worn by telephone operators still gripped her ear the telephone cord was broken 4 mrs roche had ample warning to escape A resident of the hills telephoned phon e d in to her about 11 0 clock at night that the waters were rising rap idly idl and that she would be flooded out within an hour it if she did not leave instead of heeding the warning the little woman at once set herself to the task of saving others number after number on the telephone exchange iwas was called up with the brief warning pack up and leave at once a flood Is s coming down the valley over 40 residents said they had re solved warning from the central of flee and prepared for the terrible emergency apparently mrs roche had not finished with the list of sub scribers on the exchange when the waters reached her |