Clifford J. Wilson, 42, factory foreman, saved Horace B. Coulter, 48, tobacco buyer, from suffocation, Jacksonville, Florida, June 30, 1925. A group of men went to a large factory, which was being fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas, to ventilate it. One of them ascended a stairway to the third floor to open windows, but he did not appear at any of them. Another of the men ran up the stairway to the third floor, broke a window, and called, “Here he is,” and then fell backward. When Coulter, who had had experience in the use of the gas, learned what had happened, he ran inside and started to ascend on the elevator, which had no door. Although he knew of the deadliness of the gas, Wilson ran to the elevator when he saw Coulter totter, realizing that he was being affected by the gas. Coulter was overcome and became unconscious as Wilson climbed onto the elevator when it was three feet above the floor and stopped it. He reversed the elevator, and when it had descended to the first floor, others helped him take Coulter from the elevator and outside the building. Coulter regained consciousness and was not seriously affected. Half an hour later firemen found the two men, who had been overcome on the third floor close to the window. Both were dead. 28189-2277
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