Salt Lake Tribune | 1897-12-11 | Page 3 | Almost Roasted Alive

ALMOST ROASTED ALIVE narrow r escape of ft boilermaker boiler ma maker ker while malting eoln dec 10 michael purcell a boilermaker boiler maker er was making some repairs inside the alio smokestack of the iho stear i leama neer r well I 1 agton at the folsom street direct 1 charf harf NN han six ila alica llica ca I 1 oro care lessly below him lie was strapped strapp cil lit in a chair suspended florn tile top ter of lie hie stack slack about forty feet from the dampers below it vaa mas ampo 1 elble to lo KO go up and to go co down doun w without as assistance s arice meant be ing ine roasted aled ro stive alive den dene e volumes of oc hot began railing Kil lint up tip the tack stack hile Il urcell shouted loudly for help ahe hent heat crl every moment until the hi boilermakers boiler bodler makers clothing caught tire lire lie hr beat on the pipe v N ith fill nil all ills his might arid and shouted for fully ten minutes he be fore his helper on the outside bartin philpot realized his an and rescued him just jual as aa the rope supporting him as catching catchine catch lne me fire put cell iles at his home in a critical condition