James Reynolds, 37, foreman of linemen, saved John C. Jackson, 25, lineman, from electric shock, New Haven, Connecticut, September 1, 1908. Jackson was on a wooden pole, 48 feet above the ground, where he came in contact with a wire conducting a current of 2,300 volts of electricity. He fell unconscious across the wire, one hand clutching a ground wire. Reynolds immediately climbed the pole and, standing on an arm two feet from the top, lifted Jackson by his belt from the wires. Still supporting Jackson, he beat out flames that had started in Jackson’s clothes and then got astride an arm. Jackson began to regain consciousness and to struggle, but he remained quiet when Reynolds told him to do so. Twenty minutes after Reynolds lifted Jackson from the wires, a ladder was brought, and Jackson was assisted to the ground. Jackson was badly burned, but he recovered. 2865-739
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