Fred N. Stover rescued Herman H. Hill from burning, Old Concord, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1941. While Hill, 65, foreman, and his son and Stover, 48, laborer, were dismantling oil well equipment, a violent explosion occurred at a tank containing a residue of heavy oil. Hill, who was 15 feet from the tank, was covered with burning oil; and running several steps, he lay on the ground and rolled down a slope. Stover, who was at a derrick near by, ran to Hill, crossing an area of burning oil on the ground 10 feet wide, Reaching with bare hands through flames 12 or more inches high, Stover tore off Hill’s coat, shirt, and undershirt. He ripped the seams of Hill’s trousers and then with his hands beat out flames about Hill’s waist. Hill was taken 20 miles in an automobile to a hospital, where he died the next morning. Stover’s hands and wrists were seriously burned and crippled. 40157-3420
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