Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-12-27
CALLED BACK TO LIFE
After Having Been Under water TUT
 Fully Eight Minutes.
Inter Oceanl l


 There was a cOmmOtiOn and DuoOies o,er inc surface of the lake where the daring swimmer had gone down agalh' orJ n moment later two forms appeared, one inanimate but held firmly under the Ieft arm of the powerful swimmer. The nole was held out to him and the two
 were soon on the breakwater. railroad conductor who had witnessed the recovery of inc body and held his watch m DIS hand said it was nearly eight minutes rom the time the drowned man sank 10 the time inc body was taken out, and when inc rescuer. wet and shivering as he was, asked for help to bring aim to, the con Iuctor gaye a coarse laugh. and say tb,t -the coroner had better De nOtlneu'
 ran away Co catch his tram
 The r,..cuer seemed Co know what ne
 Uos about however The little knot or men who had assembled at the scene ioi- lowed his directions and worked hard; The body was laid straight on it's face. and two men then claspcd their hands under the stomach and suspended the body wlth head and feet down. The rescuer undld inc collar and necktic. and. opening the shirt front. rubbed the chest and sides rnurhly. now and then striking the chest heavily with his open hand. He had sent for alcohol. but none could be obtained near. and whisky was brought. Saturat- ing a heavy mittcn with the liquor. the earnest worker steadily rubbed the whole ,Lc.t and the region of tFe heart and Iungs. only stopping long enOag to wet inc mitten now and then, and once 10 take a mouthful of the liquor himself. A great quantity of water ran out or the drowned mans mouth, nose and ears
 For fifteen minutes the work went on and there was no sign of life, but the earnestneSs and confidence of the daring fellow who had rescued the body, and ms
 untiring exertions. gave him the respect and admiration of the others, and they | aided with a will, though. as one of them | said and all of them thought, it was no use: the mans life had gone out The | body was then laid on its back, and the feet and ankles stripped and rubbed with | the whisky by some, while others rubbed and bounded the chest and ribs or worked the arms forward and back. One of the
 workers thought he saw breath coming | from the blue lips of the corpse and stop pel 10 be sure of it. The reScuer became | excited and swOrc at the man for stopping, | and took hold of the arms himself. A | moment later it was plainly seen Tn the ! cold atmosphere that there was really | breath coming from the inanimate form
 I'm glad 10 see that said the rescuer, hurriedly; but it may only be bresth that
 was pent up in the lungs and is now es- caping through the freed windpipe. Work away, boys; do your best n And they did work with a hearty will. for all were en- | couraged. X few minutes more, and res | piratiOn commenced and faint tiuttering was felt at the heart Thank GOdl' ex- | claimed the untiring man who was direct | ing: we have saved him. A great sigh came from the corpse that had been,
 and it was noticed that the color had re-
 turned to lips and ears. and the | form was becoming warm. A few
 drops of liquor were put up!n the tongue | and it moved Then a larger quantity | was put in the mouth and the man who a
 short time previous had been pronounced
 dead. swallowed it. He was put up in | sitting posture and one of the large crowd | of people now assembled was dispatched | for some sort of vehicle-a gurney or anything that could be got quickly.
 When the express wagon arrived, fOI
 nothing else could be obtained, two
 strong men were walking the drowned
 man up and down. He was put into the wagon and the rcscuer and miracle per
 former got in and held him while the
 wagon drove of.