Wills Point, TX, United States
Elbert Gray. ON FEB. 5, 1912, 16-YEAR-OLD ELBERT GRAY COMMITTED A MOST HEROIC ACT. TWO-YEAR-OLD CALVIN STEPP HAD FALLEN INTO A WATER WELL SIXTY FEET DEEP AND BARELY ONE FOOT ACROSS. LOWERED BY ROPE, ELBERT DESCENDED FEET FIRST TO CARRY CALVIN TO SAFETY, BUT NEAR THE TOP CALVIN SLIPPED AND FELL AGAIN
. ON THE SECOND TRY, ELBERT WENT HEAD FIRST AND SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED CALVIN AFTER FOUR HOURS TRAPPED BELOW THE SURFACE. BOTH YOUTHS HAD ONLY MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS AND LETTERS OF S
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