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Show A NARROW ESCAPE. The Life of Miss Sarah Thatcher Saved Last Evening- by the Hare Presence of Hind of Andrew Hartley. Yesterday afternoon Miss Sarah Thatcher of this city and two other young ladies were walking on the R. G. W. track. They were crossing the bridge over Provo river just aB 2fo. 5, which leaves tiere for Salt Lake at 4:24, came dashing along. The other two ladies got over the bridge by running, run-ning, lut Miss Thatcher Btumbled and fell. She would certainly have been killed but for the timely and braye assist as-sist auce of Andrew Hart e who wascn the scene who rushed on to the bridge and with rare presence of mind picked her up and threw her down the embankment em-bankment and then jumped after her. As he jumped the engine passed within a foot of his body. But for the heroic daring of this young man a sad and fatal accident instead of his heroism would have been reported today, for the young lady would certainly haye lost her life. |