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Show Clerk's Knowledge II Saves Llfeof Woman I While Trying to Sell Piano Customer C H Is Struck by Lightning; j ii Clerk Acts Promptly. j !' H PHILADELPHIA. Juno 21. Light- t H nlng Interfered with the efforts of J j IH W. H. Beatty to sell a piano to a j 1 woman ln Mount Holly, N. J., but j I the' salesman saved her life after she j ! had been stricken by a bolt. from tho sky. Mr. Beatty, who Is connected with a Philadelphia, firm of piano deal- ers, received a letter from the woman's husband today saying that 'she was completely Recovered. s Mr. Beatty was talking with the wo- IM'KI man when a shower came up. Light- ?u 1 nlng tUruck a garden tool which was h'i'l hanging 011 the outside of the house, tjlfi penetrated tho weather boarding and S stretched the woman senseless at Mr. L Bcattys feet. (j Having considerable knowledge of tho ?( effects of electrical shock and the rem- a. .edles to be applied ln such cases, Mr. tfilJI Beatty, who was himself slightly ,H stunned by the lightning, carried tho pi woman Into the laundry, where wash- ' Ing was In progress, and placed her Fil'l feet ln a tub of hot water. He applied vl camphor over tho heart and admlnls- rf'JI tered a strong stimulant Internally. fc" For threo hours Mr. Beatty worked w over the woman without the aid of a P JH physician and restored her to conscious- c iH ness. Her limbs were paralyzed by th"a "Jl'IH shock, but this effect was not lasting. i rl |