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llttio one is none the worse for an experience she underwent Saturday morning. With a group of playmates, little Dorothy hail gone to the dock at 8turgeon Bay Boat Works, and the tots wore Jumping back and forth from the dock to the deck of a boat moored at the Bide. Suddenly there was a wild Bcream from the children and bcuh-Ing the tronble Mr. Johnnon rushed to the spot anil without removing any of hlB clothing dived Into about ten fcot of water and succeeded in getting hold of the little girl, who was then beneath the surface. With the assistance of workmen at the plant, Mr, Johnson and the child .were pulled to the dock without dilficulty and nfter a change to dry clothing neither of them felt any the worse for their experlonce.BfMr. Johnson told The News that with tho first outcry of the children he knew just what had happened. He said It la not uncommon for children to play around the boats and. docks despite repeated warnings by himself and other employees of the boat works of the danger Involved, and often times It Is necessary to pull some youngster to safety. They slip Into the water but in most cases manage to cling either-to a boat or the odge of the dock, and can be pulled to safety without difficulty. How ever, Mr. JobnBon said he hoped parents would realise the danger connected with permitting children to play In the vicinity of the boat works because of the depth of water and the possibility of head or body injuries from falls against heavy timbers.Mr. Johnson waR most modest about his accomplishment In snv-ing the life- of little Dorothy, stating that he hoped the experience would serve as a warning to both parents and children and thus avoid the probability of some child being drowned.MINIXJ MALIBKLITE—Mrs. George VerU, Sturgeon Bay. the first of the week received wronl from her son Elmer that he was working In a mine sunk at Mlddle-Inlet in Marinette county, taking an ore known as maltbellte, recently discovered-there. The product Is said to be used In n process for hardening steel and In the manufacture of automobiles. A sample or the product, sent hJs mother by Mr. Vert, may he seen at Tho News office. .
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Sturgeon Bay Door County News
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 12, 1938
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