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Show HUMAN CHAIN SAVES LIFE. Daring Philadelphia Workmen Iteseut Companion In Midair When Scaffold Fell. Philadelphia, Pa. Two workmen, forming a human chain with their bodlcr, rescued a follow laborer (Mm n perilous j. sltion nenr tho loot of tho Sixth National bank, Second ind Pino BtrcctB, whoro ho had been left dangling by tho collapse of tho Hcaf' fold on which ho was working. John Nichols, 24 years old, of C2I! Oxford Hreet, and Tliomns Jefferlfi, wero at work together when Iho scaffold scaf-fold collapsed. Nichols wns Btruck by a falling plunk and was precipitated precipi-tated to the pavement, but Jcffcrloa. with i:to presence of mind, grnspod u telegraph wire which runs nlong the side of tho building and called fot help. Two workmen, whose mimes could not bo learned, climbed to tho rooi of tho building. Ono lowered tho other by the feet to the point where Jcfrorles was hanging. Jefferles was then lifted on tho roof. The terrible Btisponso he had endured caused him to fall In a heap at tho feet of hlf rescuers, but ho was soon revived. In the meantime firemen from cn glna company No. 22 had taken Nichols Nich-ols from tho debris and sent him to the Pennsylvania hospital. V sut fered from contusions of tho IicAf'. arm, hips and ankle. His injuries are. not considered serious. |