In the summer of 1912, a quiet moment in the shade of a tree nearly turned fatal for a five-month-old baby in Union, Salt Lake County, Utah. While the child slept in a go-cart and its father worked nearby, a large hog running loose overturned the carriage and attacked.
The baby’s screams brought the father rushing back just in time. What followed was a terrifying struggle to drive off the animal before it could do even more harm.
The following article, published in the Iron County Record on June 28, 1912, tells the shocking story of the hog attack and the desperate effort to save the child from lifelong injury.
Hog Attacks Sleeping Baby
At Union, Salt Lake County, last week a shocking fate almost overtook a five-months-old baby. The child was saved from being devoured by a hog only by the timely arrival of its father…