Clarence M. Thompson, 49, farmer, attempted to save Eugene G. Davis, 29, and Nelson C. Thompson, 24, farmers, from suffocation, Cimarron, Kansas, May 18, 1909. Clarence Thompson slid down a rope to the bottom of a 45-foot well, where the two men lay overcome by gas. He fastened the rope to each, in turn, and, after they had been drawn up, lost consciousness. He was rescued by another man and recovered. Davis and Nelson Thompson were dead. 3799-307
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