Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1909 — KNIMAN GIRL SAVED [ARTICLE]

KNIMAN GIRL SAVED

MISS ELLA O’CONNOR NARROWLY AVERTS DROWNING. Suffers Nervous Shock, She Falls From a Bridge Into a Dredge Ditch and Was Unconscious i When Rescued. Rensselaer people will be pleased to know that the Report circulated in the city this, Tuesday, morning that Miss Ella O’Connor, daughter of Exsheriff and Mrs. John O’Connor, of Kniman, was drowned, was without, foundation. About seven o’clock Monday night Miss O’Connor left her home at Kniman in company with a young gentleman friend and strolled over to a new dredge ditch about half a mile from the O’Connor home. A temporary bridge had been constructed across the ditch and the young couple sat down on the edge pf the bridge and watched a beautiful sunset and spent considerable time in conversation. About eight o’clock Miss O’Connor had a nervous shock and fell from the •bridge into four or five feet of water. The young man sprang to her rescue, and after risking his own life succeeded in getting the young lady to shore in safety, although she was in an unconscious condition. The young man, whose name we were unable to learn, notified residents of the vicinity and the young lady was taken to the home of her parents in a buggy, and Dr. L. N. Wells, of DeMotte, was summoned. The doctor arrived at the O’Connor home about 8:30 and it was not long until she had regained consciousness and today shows little signs of the danger she faced Monday.