Miscellaneous: Sarah Anderson, M/M W. N. Anderson, 1932, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 9, 1932 Winn Parish Enterprise

13 Month Old Baby Falls In Well, Is Drawn Out Unhurt

Sarah Anderson, 13 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Anderson of East
Lafayette Street, narrowly escaped death and created a lot of excitement in
her neighborhood and other parts of the town late Saturday afternoon, when she
fell in the fifteen foot dug well on her back porch.  Sarah sat down on the
well covering on top of the well, which is almost even with the porch floor,
and the plank fell through.  Her mother, who was canning beans in the yard,
heard a strange noise and went into the house to see what was happening.  Not
finding the child she came out on the porch and located the source of the
noise.  Sarah was floating on the plank in the well.

Her father, who was in the yard, quickly went into the well, tied Sarah in the
bucket and neighbors hoisted her to safety.  She was unhurt save for a minor
scratch on one finger.