Martha Generals, 57, housewife, rescued Peter M. Malkemes, 9, from electric shock, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1906. Unable to release his hold of an electric light wire carrying 2,200 volts, the boy was being jerked about when Mrs. Generals grasped him by the neck and received a shock that temporarily paralyzed her arm. She appealed to bystanders to aid him, but none responded. She then grasped the boy again and succeeded in pulling him free from the wire. Her hand was disabled for a week. The boy’s hand was badly burned. 3704-339
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