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Show CLUNG TO flisw) con pip! Linemat! Knocked Fro Top of Pole. J t I K Headlong Descent to Pavel I ment Stopped fay Piaze ! I of Wires. ' j Suspended by Feet in Midair, He lg, E, Hcscued by Firemen, With j' f-. Pipe Intact. i ? Suspended by wiro cablis thirty ti f abevo Main 3tret, George Kay hunt; toH' f corncob pipe, while horror-stricken wor.'' crowded below htm. The lire dcpartiJn i' responded to a telephono call nn.l rcleaw -Kay from his perilous position. Thl T while working as a llnen nn had in.ri ' bnlnnco and fallen. The wlies cauehtVi ?-and ?-and ho hung helpless until a row E-? passed around his body and he w ui &i ered to tho curb t Unbalanced by Shock,, ' Kay was working near tho top of a rvi in tho middle of Main street, ni iU i? Hon with Third South street An tlS shock caused him to lose his balanc v fell headlong. n Crossing his path were a number of iri Jtol suiated wiro cables lending to bulldln-sS SI the west side of Main street One of th 5 arrested the man's fall. It caught lilm ii d'li the mlddlo of the body and ho hung Sw id It, his foot twisted In another cabk t Saw Him Plunge Through Air.. v. Passorsby beard the cry of tho f,ti i& man nnd looked upwnrd to see him nliE If through tho air. While ho hung the fr pression was prevalent that Kay was'Bn lng electrocuted, and mcsgjigc to thii t effect dashed over 'phone wires to noil ' station and lire headquarters 7 126 In response to these tho patrol wotia i& and a portion of the apparatus from th central station came at breakneck spcd, :U Aerial Truck Put Into UseJ f ?-f v, W The aerial truck was put Into us arj a fireman mounted one of Its ladders u i til ho was ablo to fix a cable about thi waist of tho helpless lineman. Then Ktj (iu was lowered to earth. Ills Injuries we-i l' slight and no was able to walk awa ' During tho entire ordeal Kay kept hli el teeth llrmly fixed on the stem of his com: r cob pipe. As ho walked away he purTeJ " vigorously and blew forth a douJ qf rSJ smoke along with a sigh of relief s jj" |