Robert A. Atkinson, 44, driver, died attempting to save Jacob Sachs, 43, dairyman, or one or more of three other persons from suffocation, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 4, 1912. Sachs and the three others had been overcome in a cistern 12 feet deep, in which brewers’ grains had been stored and in which the atmosphere contained over 40 percent of carbon dioxide. Although a man remarked to him that there must be gas in the cistern, Atkinson descended a ladder to the rescue. As soon as he reached the bottom of the ladder, it was noticed that he was in distress, and he was told to come out. He began to ascend but was overcome before he could get out, and he was dead when taken from the cistern. The others also were dead when taken out. 8639-694
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