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Show SALT LAKE GIRL NEAR DROWNING! Agnes E. Evans Caught in Tide at Long Beach and Nearly Swept Out to Sea. Long Beach, Cal , Oct. IT Miss Agnes Ag-nes E. Evans of Salt Lake City, who Is visiting friends at 037 Pine avenue, was rescued from the surf this morn lng while in swimming, by Thomas H. Rix and Beth Lawton. after atnisxllnc for fifteen minutes with E. Kelly, who had been the first to respond when her cries were heard. Miss Evans was swlmmiue In front of the Long Beach bathbo-upe when she was caught In a tide rip and was In danger of being carried out to sea E. Kelly, hearing Miss Evans" cries and seeing the predicament she was In, swam to her aid and was himself caught In the tide The. two had difficulty keoplnp afloat, but their combined shouts attracted at-tracted the attention of Rix and Law-son, Law-son, who rushed the bath company's lifeboat out Into the ocean and after a hard row reached them and brought them to shore. Neither Miss EvanB nor Kelly suffered suf-fered any lasting 111 effects from their experience, although both were exhausted ex-hausted from their struggles. Salt Lake, Oct. 18 Miss Agnes E. Evans Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs M R, Evans and resides with her parents at No. 701 East South Temple street. Miss Evans left Salt Lake about two weeks ago to visit friends in Long Beach |