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Show LECtlON MAN SAVES LIVES Former Yeoman, Member of New Jersey Post, Aids When Town Is in Danger. A post-war gas attack which threatened threat-ened the entire town of Bound Brook, N. J., was checked and hundreds of lives saved by the quick and fearless action of Michael Pascal, former yeoman of an American torpedo boat destroyer and member o f the local American Legion post. When a huge tank containing 1,600 pounds of phosgene, one of the deadliest gases used in the war, sprung a leak, a workmen was killed and scores were overcome before Pascal Pas-cal and a companion, formerly with the chemical warfare service, arrived. They smelled the gas from a distance, and recognizing its odor, set out for the origin. Arriving, Pascal found doctors caring car-ing for the severely gassed, workmen running about in gas masks but no one trying to stop the leak. After several attempts in the gas-filled plant, Pascal and his companion stopped the flow. Both have been honored by the town council and recommended for Carnegie medals. |