Eureka Reporter | 1906-07-27 | Page 11 | Human Chain Saves Life

HUMAN CHAIN baves LIFE daring workmen rescue companion in midair when scaffold fell philadelphia pa two workmen forming a human chain with their bodies rescued a fellow laborer from a perilous position near the root ot the sixth national bank second and pine streets where he had been left by the collapse of the scat told on which he was working john nichols years old of oxford street and thomas jefferies were at work together when the scat told collapsed nichols was struck by a falling and was precipe bated to the pavement but jefferies with rare presence of mind grasped telegraph wire which runs along he side of the building and called for kielp two workmen whose names could not be learned climbed to the roof of the building one lowered the ather by the feet to the point where jefferies was hanging jefferies was then lifted on the roof the terrible suspense he had endured caused him to fall in a heap at the feet of his rescuers but he was soon revived in the meantime firemen froni en pine company no 2 had tal en nich sis from the debris and sent him to the pennsylvania hospital he sut from contusions of the head arm hips and ankle his injuries are not considered serious