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Show TEN DOCTORS JIISIe f Two Other Children Alive by Miracles in Chicago Accident? CHICAGO, March 23 Lives of two children were, saved In extraordinary manner yesterday and today the life of n third passed out. despite all the science medical men could brln to bear , , . . That -Mar Sinpler. 14 months old. is alive is accredited to sacrifice of her mother d father, both f whom pI, i i ai.iv were fatally Injured. Henry it Singlcr. th father yvas driving hi-automoblle hi-automoblle when a doc darted In front 0t 1 1 H,. Rwervcd his machine qulck- ly, wrecking it Bearing dow n j on ti-.-m w.' a street cnr. sini-ier called to h's wife to iimp, but Instead she cuddled the baby In her arms. Then the crah. Single- died at hospital and his wife was not exp d to aui - rive him more than a few hours ne baby was uninjured, belhg saved by Its mother's bravery. HVBBKH BOOTS IMA t KV Rubber boots played their part In the second accident Roger Slanto Cooke, six years old. owes his life to them. He waded into a wafcorhole' left open bv electrical repalrmon and grasped an uninsulated wire, a blue flash followed. The child was knocked lYnconeclous and a section of the city CI -,s thrown into darkness Trouble men v. ho traced the short circuit to th- hole whore the child lay. sized h - rubber boots and dragged him t safety, At a hospital Lt was said he will recover. Only, his hands wore burnt despite the high voltage of the wire. 1 i n )()( 'i ( Ks I 1 1 The third Instance. Ten physicians tr.ed to aave the life of Gwendolyn. B ir old daughter of Philip S. Armour 111 grandson "f the founder .! iho Armour packing industry. Gwendolyn died today from a form a septicemia after a week's Illness ditrfng which the millions of the Armour family the sk.ll "f a dozen physicians and a dozen doz-en nurses and the resources of the en-Mi-e cltv of ChlcaKo were unavailing ii the fluht with the death. Never In Chicago's history have such heroic efforts been made to .save a life. A week ago tho little Klrl contracted n throat Infection. Looked on at first . ie.rel) as a minor Illness, the poison spread through her body and finally her condition became so 6erlous that the greatest physicians in the middle-west middle-west were summoned. A special staff of nurses was employed and quarters arranged for them In the Armoui homo on 1-akeshore Drivf the DXClU hI; i. reslden'a! BSCtlotl known as th " iold roast. TRAFFIC Is STOPPED As Gwendolyn's condition became worse, the efforts to save her lif Increased In-creased The city officials were, appealed ap-pealed to and orders were Issued yes-terduv yes-terduv to close all traffic on the section sec-tion of I.akeshorc Drive where the Armour residence is located. Special policemen were stationed all around tho nelKhborhood to prevent noise. The homes of Chicago's richest fam-II, fam-II, N the McCormirk's the Marshall Fields, the Palmers. Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Rocke-feller McCormlck and doiens of others, all neighbors to the Armours were ut off from traffic Telephone hells In the Armour home were muffled and tho gold coast" became be-came an isolated section of the city while through the night physicians ftnd nurses watched at the bedside of the llttlo girl who could not shake off the effects of the blood poisoning despite tho tremendous resources at her heck and call. Townrd midnight last night It be-cam- ipparent thnt the fight wns . losing one and when the end came, the little rcirl's father vice president of Armour and Company ten ph.-eians ph.-eians and six nurses were grouped at her bedside. |