Divine Protection of a Young Lady in Newton
Published October 6, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Contributed by
Todd Morgan
Beaumont, CA, 92223
A young lady in Newton, Utah, fell head-first into a fourteen-foot well that contained two feet of water. Despite the depth of the fall and the circumstances, she was drawn out by her sisters completely uninjured, quickly recovering from the incident.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 48, p. 766 (December 2, 1889)):
A young lady in Newton, Utah, fell head-first into a fourteen-foot well that contained two feet of water. She was drawn out by her sisters completely uninjured.
In Their Own Words
“A singular escape from injury is reported from Newton. A young lady residing in that town fell, head first, into a well fourteen feet deep, containing only two feet of water. When discovered by her sisters she was at once drawn out of her watery prison and declared herself uninjured. She soon recovered from the fright and drenching received by her mishap. — Millennial Star 52:1”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1890-01-06 (Vol. 52, No. 1). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1890-01-06_52_1 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 51, No. 48, p. 766 (December 2, 1889) https://archive.org/details/millennialstar5148eng/page/766/mode/2up
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