Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1917 — BABY HAS NARROW ESCAPE DROWNING [ARTICLE]

BABY HAS NARROW ESCAPE DROWNING

While Mother is Fishing, Cab With Baby Rolls Into the River and Is Saved With Difficulty. — ’ , ■ Mi. and Mrs. Lee Richards’ baby had a narrow escape from drowning Friday afternoon when the cab containing the baby rolled into the river. Mrs. Richards was fishing near the creamery bridge and left the baby strapped in a cab near her on the river bank. While Mrs. Richards’attention was attracted elsewhere the high wind moved the buggy and it rolled down the bank into the river, submerging .the cab and the baby. The screams of the baby attracted the attention of the mother and she plunged into the river intent on rescuing her child. Mrs. Richards had learned to swim in her younger days and reached the cab and baby in this way. The baby was under the water but she held the cab out of the water and unstrapped the baby and swam back to the bank, leaving the cab to its fate. The baby suffered no illeffects from its plunge into the river, but it was a narrow escape for the child. The point where the accident took place was near where the Woodworth boy lost his life last year. Later Mr. Richards rescued the cab from a point further down the river, where it had floated.