Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-09-01 | Page 3 | Boy with Broken Leg Swims River

ft BOy WITH BfiOKEIi! I LEG SWIMS RIVER Mm rare demonstration of grit was MM displayed about 7 o'clock last night by mm Ernest James, 12 years old, residing YM on west Twenty-fourth street, when i IH the boy forced his way from beneath Tf H a landslide of clay and swam the Weil We-il fn ber rivor wltn his ankle broken and , suffering from the trobs of a, mangled gijlf to f Young James Is the son of F. James ff I - of West Ogden. While playing on the Ii bank of the Weber river, near a spot called "Caving Bank," the James bov with a younger companion, heard a I dull sound and suddenly looked up ; Just in time to see, but too late to j escape from a tower of clay break I ' loose from the bank, f Before the boys could even get to ill their feet, the earth toppled upon ' them. Ernest's companion escaped I- with little difficulty and helped his '4 chum to get out and when hurried to I a telephone and called a doctor. Young James hobbled to the river bank and, leaping in, swam to the opposite shore and was taken to the Dee hospital, where his injuries were trated. Then he was taken to his home. Despite his wounds and the pain he was in, the young men displayed a pleasant smile when Detective Alex L. Fife came to help him Into the ambulance.