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Show ie:"T' mi saves lives- rv'--.C5 FCUuiiEER ITALIANS Held Ttcn at Point of flstcl vrLcn to nave Opened Dear ...Would . nave-Meant Deatn. NEW TORK. May7. By drawlni; a revolver and threatening to kill any man who dared to open the doc re of a compartment In which a gang of men were working In' te northern tube of the North river tunnel, Superintendent Brady yesterday eaved his own life and the Uvea of fourteen other men In the compartment and prevented the flooding flood-ing of the tunnel. - Brady had been expecting a break In the roof of the blacK hole, and when It came and the water began pouring In he quickly pushed his coat, vest and hat Into the aperture. Nearly all of the men were Italians and became panicrstrjeken. They made a, ruh for the coor of the compartment. Brady, pointing hie revolver at the man near, est the doourthreatened to kill him If he moved another step. . The opening of the doors would have permitted the compressed air In the compartment (thirty-eight pounds to the square inch) to escape and the break would have Instantly enlarged and the water flooded the compartment, drowning all hands. Calling for a more experienced workman, Brady instructed him to telephone to Jersey City Terminal Termi-nal for more air pressure, and1 to send him a carload of sawdust. bags. -He had the Italians thoroughly cowed, and when the bags arrived under the persuasive per-suasive Influence of the drawn revolver the Italians pushed the bags Into the hole and then put a Jack underneath to hold them lr place.- |