Peter C. Banfield, 27, foreman of linemen, rescued John F. Casey, 42, lineman, from electric shock, Windsor, Connecticut, November 27, 1909. Banfield climbed to the top of a 24?foot pole to aid Casey, who had come in contact with a wire carrying a current of 4,800 volts, and lay unconscious upon it. Banfield, moving among the high?power wires, cut one of them and then jerked Casey loose from the one on which he lay. Casey struggled, but Banfield, while clinging to the pole with his legs, worked resuscitating him until another man climbed the pole and handed Banfield a rope, with which Casey was lowered. Casey died from his injuries six days later. Banfield was disabled five days. 4658-550
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