Show MORGAN CHILD NARROWLY ES T CAPES DEATH ta A mary beth the little 2 year old daughter of mr and mrs C C geary morgan while playing in their yard fell into the 9 weber canal and was carried by the current to the chapin home several hundred yards below where hazel was engaged in mowing the lawn and chanced to see the child floating in the water jumped into the ditch and rescued her she was unconscious when rescued but mr geary was home when the accident occurred and immediately put his boy scout knowledge into effect and by vigorous action saved his daughter from death miss hazel blaze chapin is also receiving the thanks of the family neighbors and friends in her courageous coura gous act of jumping into the canal and grabbing the child and carrying her to safety the water was about three feet deep at the time but had the canal been flowing to its full capacity such an act would have been extremely dangerous all is well that ends well parents with little children child ran whose homes border on or are near irrigation ditches should profit from this lesson you cannot be too careful |