Show WINS I I fiGHT WITH Clings to Tiny Ledge Feet High After Companion F Falls rn riv nv A ROCHESTER N. N Y v Aug 31 31 Nerves Ner of oC steel and a s stout out heart kept old year arold James Kemp steeplejack clin in to a precarious foothold on a ten inch ledge at the top of a foot chimney today until rescued two rescued two I hours after utter his fellow worker Gondolfo Gon Gon- dolfo dl di Primo 40 had plunged to Id death ath when nhen a scaffold broke I The two men were working on a I tiny scaffold near the top of ot the stack when the scaffolding slipped While firemen with outstretched life nets awaited d Kemps Kemp's fall fail which seemed Inevitable another crew of I rescuers attempted d to fire tire a line over o Ithe the top of ot th the stack with a a. rope gun GETS ROPE The fifth shot draped a rope over I the thc chimney top and slowly foot by byi i foot Kemp hauled in the light line with a heavier rope attached With I Continued on Pane Pu I 45 I STEEPLEJACK WINS fIGHT WITH DEATH I Continued from rase Pue One a n. solid soUd hold for him to graSp grasp Kemp soon drew up a II second line with a small swing attached Into which he stepped and was carefully let down Without assistance he walked into the emergency room of or the Erbe plant I knew better than to let the thing scare me was vas his simple explanation tion of aI his fortitude SENSES SLIPPING I Kemp who had been manning the I ropes sensed the slipping of the scat scat- scaffold fold as h hb heard the frantic cries of I his hl partner he related He grasped the rope instinctively and arid clung fast I when he saw Dl Di Primas Prima's body swirl I downward With a thump his body brushed the chimney and his fe feet t found the ten ten- Inch ledge eight feet from the top of Df the stack There he clung his body bent outward outward outward out out- ward by a a. bulge in the brickwork In the face of a stiff breeze the slightest movement meant death A nausea that accompanied the sight of his companions companion's death assailed him I and he quickly sensed the early helplessness help help- helplessness of the crowd o of rescuers hastily assembled below For more than two hours he lie watched the desperate e rescue at- at tempts and held on I I |