Show tristant instant response to call of human need Well diggers felt queer ir as they dug down in excavating a now new well near nea r vancouver wash they ascended to the top J A winston Wl a professional well digger later had himself lowered into tho the well soon lie ho shouted for those nt at the surface to draw hini him up halfway up his limp hands handa slipped from the rope and lie he fell a victim of deadly monoxide gaa arthur anies ames twenty five uvo volunteered to go down to bring the unconscious victim out lie attached a rope to winston and gave the signal to be raised ire he clung citing to the rope and when halfway half way up lie too was waa overcome by the gas which snuffed out his life the whole story of the wreck says bays a description of the lost nevada Is one of outstanding seamanship and heroism marred only by loss of the nevada and most of her crew in a terrific gale boatmen from the president madison strove to rescue out standing was the deed of the radio operator who locked himself in ills his room to broadcast appeals for help for the sinking nevada remaining at ills bis post and was among the lost theres your story of the real heart of man inthe moment of peril when help Is needed there la Is always the hero young ames who went down into the gas ridden well the radio operator who locked his door and stayed with the ship in these days of crime rackets and disrespect for law days of bootlegging tind graft these acts of heroism stand out as a beautiful isle in a murky sea they prove that which we all know that in the general run of men and women are goodness nobility and majesty all ready to be brought into tho the light when need beckons or humanity calls portland oregon journal |