Joseph H. Hill, 55, farmer, attempted to save David M. McGowan, 57, well-digger, from suffocation, Abbeville, South Carolina, September 1, 1925. McGowan was overcome in a well 55 feet deep. Others having refused to enter, Hill was lowered in a bucket. His breathing was effected immediately, but he detached the rope from the bucket and fastened it around McGowan. McGowan was drawn out of the well. While this was being done, Hill, feeling that he might be overcome at any moment, stepped into the bucket and tied himself to it with a plow line. The rope was quickly lowered to the bottom, and Hill hooked it to the bucket, tied the plow line to the well rope, and was drawn out after having been in the well three or four minutes. He was dizzy. McGowan was dead. 26047-2310
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