Frederick A. Babcock, 25, miner, saved Joseph Harkins, 23, and David McPherson, 38, miners, from suffocation, Butte, Montana, January 14, 1911. Babcock made his way through dense smoke on the 2,200?foot level toward Harkins and McPherson, who were working at the face of the level. He met four men whom he warned of a fire in the mine. One of these men shouted the warning to Harkins and McPherson. Before Babcock could retrace his steps to the shaft, from breathing smoke, he sank from weakness, and had to be helped to the shaft by Harkins and McPherson, who found him. When he reached the shaft, Babcock was unconscious but revived in half an hour. 6657-535
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