Samuel N. Parks, 37, physician, attempted to save T. Edward Meley, 34, well digger, from suffocation, De Soto, Texas, April 27, 1909. Meley was overcome by gas at the bottom of a 15-foot well, and his assistant refused to descend to save him. Parks, who had that morning left his bed for the first time after an illness of several days, tied a rope around his body and had himself lowered, regardless of the request of his wife that he should not go into the well. He fastened a rope around Meley and called to be drawn up. At that moment, he lost consciousness, but, upon being drawn up, he revived within five minutes. Meley died 24 hours later without regaining consciousness. 5151-641
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