Harold Wilson saved J. Emory Cole from suffocation, Mount Washington, Maryland, July 18, 1912. Cole, 32, laborer, was using a naphtha solution to clean a tank that had contained muriatic acid. He worked for about five minutes and then left the tank for fresh air for about five minutes. He repeated this operation two or three times, and after working in the tank for a total of about 20 minutes, he was affected by the fumes. Wilson, 22, manufacturing company secretary, had been in the tank twice during the cleaning, saw Cole swaying back and forth beside the ladder in the tank, and descended the frail ladder to him. He pulled Cole to the foot of the ladder and started to ascend, but the ladder broke, and he fell to the bottom of the tank. A rope was brought to the tank in a few minutes, and a loop was lowered to Wilson, who was coughing violently and becoming weak and sleepy. He put the loop under one of Cole’s arms and guided Cole as men above hoisted Cole. As Cole was being pulled through the opening, Wilson became unconscious and fell into the solution at the bottom of the tank. He was taken out 10 minutes later. He and Cole were revived. The solution in the tank caused burns that disabled Wilson for 29 days. 11170-1084
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