| Show A brave little girl yesterday afternoon at half past three john fichthorn the tile nine year old son of wm A fichthorn blacksmith residing at the corner of sixth and willow streets fell into the schuylkill canal and would have been drowned had it not been for the heroism and presence of mind of katie aged twelve years young fichthorn was w as playing with several children of about his ago age along the tile canal in the rear of oatlie the reading gas company B w arks there is a stone wall along the canal and the distance from the tile top of the wall to the surface of the water is is about two feet the boy while on the wall lost his balance and fell into the canal disappearing in about eight feet of water the shrieks of ilia his companions and the sound of the splash ingin in the water brought to liis his assistance katie Br Bro who resides within half a square of tile spot and who was at the time in the largo large yard adjoining the gas AVO works although lame and laboring under other disadvantages katie brosch kowsky at the peril of her life threw herself herself upon the top of the stone stonewall ivall and reaching out into to canal caught young fichthorn by the tile hair as he rose from the water for the fourth and last time by much effort she retained her grasp and drawing him to the wall succeeded in lifting him out of the water in ih a dying condition with wonderful presence of mind in one so young she shook and beat the lad ad adim briskly biski y until his mouth nose and ears foamed and suc succeeded ceede in restoring him to life the boy thoroughly th roughly exhausted was taken to the residence of his parents several persons who witnessed the rescue from holsters boat yard on the opposite site side of the t e canal can called e e out I all h I you ou brave giru arll others who witnessed an C a affair air but could not render era assistance stance on account of bel being n on the other bank of the canal said sait in describing the incidents of the rescue and how the lame lanie gi girl rl reached out over the canal wall that was something grand hover never have we seen a girl r L in take afke a more heroic stand than when e n she Rasped the drowning bg boy b by t he haic hair and saved his life The or girVa eff lorts were almost humania hu manaa she was dependent entirely upon the strength of her arms and wrists katie Br the heroic girl is a daughter of charles charl es brosch kowsky no canal st late into a pe ito p publican member of the common council from the first ward and warded Td senior vice commander of ot al malcan an post no 10 G A B R it Is ni needless idless cosay to bay that the girl has her fathers I grit reading times |
