The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], An heroic mother.

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An heroic mother.

--A little two-and-a-half year old daughter of a Mrs. Metcalf, of St. Louis, lately fell through a loose plank into a deep well, when the mother instantly jumped in and held the child at arms length above the water for nearly an hour, calling vainly for help. At last, taking off her shoes, with the assistance of a loose board the heroic mother managed to crawl near enough to the top to throw her child beyond the edge of the well, and then extricated herself. The first words the child spoke after the mother had caught it in the well were ‘"mother, don't cry; we will get out yet."’

The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 21, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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