Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1912 — BOY SAVES CHILD’S LIFE [ARTICLE]

BOY SAVES CHILD’S LIFE

John Crumllsh, Aged 14, Rescues Unconscious Four-Year-Old From Wilmington, Del. John Crumllsh,. aged 14, of No. 610 West Fourteenth, street, proved himself a hero by saving Clark Vernon, aged four, No. 1229 Tatnall -street, from what seemed certain death by drowning in the south race in Brandywine Park. Vernon, with several Bmall boys and girlsj wandered from home and into the park, and while playing near the waj ter Vernon fell from the retaining wall. The swift current was carrying him away when Crumllsh was at* traded by the cries of the drowning boy’s companions. Crumllsh ran to the wall, saw the drowning boy and plunged Into the watetr. He canght Vernon and had a hard straggle to get back to land. Vernon was unconscious, so Crumllsh carried him home, where a physician re* vived him. „ ’ i.