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NEARLY DROWNED
[People's Press, 26 April 1910]
Sero Pettit, son of Mr. Pettit of Randolph street, (just moved to town), a lad 12 or 14 years of age, narrowly escaped drowning in the river last evening a few minutes before seven o’clock.
He was on the aqueduct wall all alone with a fisherman’s net which had been left in the water, when suddenly he lost his balance and fell in.
The height of the wall is about 30 feet above the surface of the water. Fortunately the lad had managed to get hold of the net.
Lee Ott of the Chinese laundry happened to see the boy fall in and instantly gave the alarm on Main street.
Scores of persons were soon on the spot and the lad was rescued by from his perilous position by the aid of a row boat which happened to be on the river bank close by.
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