Adam A. Oberst, 51, stationary fireman, died saving Charles L. Carr, 39, foreman, from suffocation, Carpentersville, Illinois, February 6, 1911. Carr and another man went into a cellar to inspect a broken gaspipe from which gas was pouring. They were overcome and fell at the foot of the cellar steps. Oberst, who was passing, was called and informed of their plight. He immediately descended the steps to Carr and lifted him to other men who stood at the top of the steps, and they pulled Carr to the open air. As the men grasped Carr, Oberst was overcome and fell to the floor, where he lay 25 minutes before he was pulled from the cellar by means of a rope. He could not be revived. Carr was revived several hours after the accident. His companion died. 6229-707
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