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Show : 5- ' : Canal Almost "Claims Baby W ' - Tw5 Women Get Into Deep Water For It. I t-. ' r U ' -uBtfor the bravery of' two -!''' ladies of the Fourtto Ward, Mrs. f-. Carlson and Mrs. V. W Wood- f, -side, Mr,, and ,Mre. Willard S. Hansen would now probably be -' mourning the-death of a4 three- l P' ,y ear-old babe: The little girl fejl 1 . dfrom a rickety bridge across-the ! Hyde Park canal on First) East m' street, Tuesday evening about sis vj o'clock, and was being carried down the stream, toward another ' low bridge when these, ladles y . -dashed into the' water, and "brought, the .child out.. The water ' . is said to be 'little less than four feet; deep and withiquieksahd at the: bottom, and the rescue re'- -i .quired no little nerve and prompt . V action Quito a crowd was gath- "', " ered'about, and,,Vhe jadies named V;; were apparently the only ones, t- -capable of action. r ' '' "When taken from; the water, the little girl was all but drowned, and it required some time to resuscitate re-suscitate her. Had the body gone under the bridge referred " ' lo, it is probable that she would not have been .rescued alive. Mr. " .Hansen was in Salt Lake City at the time, and be and his wife are deeply thankful for this deliverance de-liverance and to the ladies who .accomplished it. Mr. Hansen is also ' extremely Indignant at the city over the (m fact that petitions and entreaties - , for a good bridge across the canal on First North have never received re-ceived any recognition. The only I .. bridge across Hhe canal on that J block is a wagort bridge and1 it is -none too good. It is said that I other slight accidents have hap- pened there, and that some day I another serious ono will result un- less proper provision, is mado for those who would cross the canal. |