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Show QUICK ACTION SAVES TOT FROM DROWNING1 FRED COTTRELL IS AGENT IN RESCUE OF SALT LAKE BOY Fred Cottrell, of Salt Lake City, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cottrell of Milford, was the chief agent in saving sav-ing the life of a child of four years, when the boy fell into a creek in Salt Lake City Monday. The waters carried car-ried the boy for a distance of about three hundred yards, and when he was taken from the water it was necessary nec-essary to employ resuscitation in order or-der to bring him to life. The following story is taken from the Salt Lake Tribune under the date of Tuesday, May 1: Billy Stevenson, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry L. Stevenson of 1424 Kengington avenue, was saved from drowning in Parley's creek Monday Mon-day afternoon at 4 o'clock by the quick action of W. Fred Cottrell, 12-75 12-75 Wilmington avenue, and two boys. Billy was standing on a plank, reaching over the creek, near Thirteenth Thir-teenth East street, when he became dizzy watching the waters and fell into the swift stream. His brother, James, 7, who was standmg alongside, rushed to the Cottrell home for assistance. as-sistance. Mrs. Stevenson and Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell were at the home, and Mr. Cottrell rushed to the creek and discovered dis-covered the little bov floating about 300 yards from the point where he fell in. Mr. Cottrell took the la-d from the water with the assistance of two unidentified boys. Artificial respiration was given and the Stevenson boy began to cry a few minutes later, it was said by Cottrell. Cot-trell. The boy was reported feeling well at his home a few hours later. The police rushed to the scene with a pulmotor, arriving shortly after the little boy had fully recovered. There has been no bridge over the creek at the point of the boy's fall since the flood waters of 1922, said Cottrell Monday, and from fifty to seventy-five students of the Irving school cross over the little plank daily, going to Sugar House park. Cottrell emphasized the need of a bride-e as a safety measure for these students. The quick action of Cottrell in saving sav-ing the boy Monday afternoon recalled re-called an incident in 1922, he said, j just before the bridge was washed j from its moorings by the flood wa- tors. Cottrell was walking over the bridge with his fiancee, now Mrs. Cottrell, and she fell through a damaged section of the structure, but Cottrell caught her before the waters wa-ters carried her away. |