Vaden J. Brown, 47, foundry sand-muller, rescued Milburn J. Nowlin and Billy Joe Allinder, 27 and 25, respectively, electricians from electric shock, Anniston, Alabama, August 3, 1957. In a foundry while Nowlin and Allinder were standing at the doorway of an electric power cubicle checking the high voltage circuits supplying power to a bielectric core oven, the main control switch accidentally was closed and both men were rendered unconscious as an electrical arc flashed between them. Each man slumped to a leaning position on a high voltage panel in the cubicle with one foot extended backward through the doorway. Brown, who had been watching from behind the men, immediately stepped forward and grasped Nowlin’s ankle above his shoe. An electrical charge knocked Brown backward onto the floor, and his head struck the side of the oven, but be remained conscious. Electricity continued to crackle loudly and blue arcs flared between Nowlin and Allinder as Brown crawled back to the men and took hold of Nowlin’s shoe with both hands. Receiving no shock, he maintained his hold, rose to his feet, and dragged Nowlin to safety. Brown again moved to the cubicle and, forgetting in his excitement to take hold of an insulated area, grasped Allinder by the ankle. Brown again was knocked to the floor. He then dragged Allinder from the cubicle in the same manner in which he had removed Nowlin. Allinder and Nowlin regained consciousness. Nowlin suffered second degree burns which healed in 10 days. Allinder suffered third degree burns from which he recovered in eight weeks. Brown sustained no burns
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