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Show RESCUED FROM A PERILOUSPOSITION Pittsburg, July 11 Hanging to a motor boat which had become last on the breast of the darn' in 'the Alle- j ghenj- river at Asplnwall. last night, i "Young Zlrlngcr," a local boxer, with , three niends, were prisoners while i tons of wnttr surged over them on Its 15-foot fall to the lower pool Several Sev-eral times they were almost torn fiom their holding by the force of the water, but were rescued by August Robitjeck and William Mann of As-pinwal, As-pinwal, who risked their own lives to reach the men. The motor-boat party were corning down the river and missed the lock In the dark. When but a few yards from the breast of the dam, the error was discovered, but attempts to reverse re-verse the power wore fruitless. The boat was swept to the dam and ha 1 t;ot almost over and was about to plunge the fifteen leet when It caught. |