Charles T. Stinnett, 46, stationary engineer, attempted to save Karl Hamman, 26, laborer, from suffocation, Altamont, Kansas, August 17,1913. Hamman descended into a well 45 feet deep to rescue his brother, who bad been overcome. Dynamite had been exploded in the well. Hamman, after tying a rope around his brother, was overcome before he could climb to the surface. Stinnett and other men pulled Hamman’s brother out of the well, and he was later revived. After other men had refused to go down for Hamman, Stinnett, who had but one arm, was lowered into the well with a rope around him. Stinnett on two occasions had been overcome by carbon dioxide and had been compelled to give up work in mines because he could not stand working with dynamite. He tied a rope around Hamman, and he and Hamman were hoisted at the same time. When Stinnett reached the surface, he became unconscious. He was revived, but he was sick for several hours. One of his ribs was fractured from the pressure of the rope around him. Hamman was dead. 11998-887
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