The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27
y ! Kansas City Star.

aSS kansas City Star.
"a Hall past o'clock on the afternoon
Of Aug. II, Frederick Flad Of Jersey
Electrical company at the Kingsbridge
poWer-house, had half the voltage Of
the entire plant shot thru his body
$500 volts, of 265 amperes,
He was holding up joint Of iron
pipe conduit for containing electric
wires at the time, which workman,
Mallory, was measuring, when the
save himself from falling on nest Of
deadly wires below, he threw up his
arms to get his balance, touched other
wires, and, like a thunderbolt, twice
the voltage required for electrocution
in Sing Sing prison shot thru the in
sulation and thru his body.
Flad Strengthened up and as he stiff
fened like corpse his head came near
enough to still other wires above to
form a complete circuit. Mallory saw
a stream of blue hame 8 inches long
and inches wide roaring out Of Flad' S
head with the noise of trolley car.
He saw this flame melting the iron
pipe above and the molten metal drop
ping white and Kissing on the back of
his head. How could the man be
saved? To put hands on him, to pull
him away meant death.
Wet Clothing a Conductor.
It was a sweltering August after
noon. Men and clothing steaming
with perspiratiOn were perfect con-
ductors of the awful current, and there
was no time to shout for help. But
Mallory was an expert. He knew
what to do. Instantly, like cata-
pault, he hurled himself headlong
against the paralyzed burning man,
broke the circuit, and they both
tumbled to the floor, together. NAL
lory. himself was. badly shocked and
burned in the contact, but he was
saved.
This hero, Mallory, staggered to his
feet and shouted for; help. A dozen
electricians leaped to his side, took in
the situation, and while Flad was still
roasting and smoking, seized his arms
and began the resuscitatior move
ments used in cases of drowning.
Six of the men spelled one another
| keeping up this artificial breathing
rocess-pumping air in and out of his
lungs by working his arms and chest
There was no sign of slife-the heart
had stopped beating-but they worked
ment.
The thing TODD in such cases is tt
excite the hearts action. A shocl
must be produced to start it, beating
again. Just as one joys a watch to sci
| the balance wheel going when it tops
Injection Of brandy into the veins is
one way, but there was no hypodermie
syringe at hand nor any brandy
Strong ammounia was used again anC
| again, and still there was no response
Ihe spark Of life had evidently fled.
Scene in the Power House.
While the men We're manipulating
gelist of the neighborhood. the Rev
u. Bert Carpenter, hurried in fell or
his knees In great emotion and begar
| praying, and continued praying while
the men pumped in the frenzy of des.
peration. ssras
| The Fordham hospital ambulance
which had been telephoned for whe1
FAD fell. was going at full speed, two
miles away, the horse inaa gallon tear.
river. It was a race for life. Never
had such travelling heen, seen in thai
| neighborhood. People. rushed to the
streets, and the news went up anc
| down the avenue that a dreadful acci.
dent had happened at the power.
house. At last the ambulance an.
| peared in sight, little, bobbing We.
hlcle, fully half a nile~away, on the
! last long stretch of road that sWeen,
down to the Harlem. -
The men working ,Flad's arms were
tearing the poor man was beyond help
| When suddenly his frame heaved
Great knots of muscles twitched con
the air. 1t took five men to hold him
i to the floor. The contraction Of hi
] muscles and the terrible convulsion
winch were now writing him were
/ enough to break every bone in hi,
poay. lt was on the second gallery
with hundreds Of live wires. and TIL,
men were afraid that Flad would
nreak from their grasp and tumble OF
the dynamos below. Finally he be
cams quieter, his heart began TO bea
little, very family; then froth hub
pied on his lips blood appeared AM
the e.. heart began to beat strongly. 8
Ihank God!' cried the preacher
! B1ess the Lord! The dead is comins
to life" But Flad sank away until hi
heart barely futtered. Fortunatel,
the ambulance was at hand, the sur
geon took charge Of the case, putin,
the man into the vehicle, and ava
they dashed for the hospital.
! The case seemed hopeless, but whe;
they were half way up the hill Fla
opened his eyes and in a faint, agon
1 Thsg cry y gas fpa Pray for me, Jack.
| Dear doctor I will be good. Te
me what to do and I'll obey" The
the man tainted and did not come t
himself again until 3 o'clock the mex
= morning in the Fordham hospital.
lie seemed to wake out Of a hor
r1ble. nightmare. He stared wildly 3
the nurse and asked where he wa:
i Ihen ne tainted again. Yet he game
| strength slowly, and finally was stron
! enough to talk intelligently and real
lie That miracle had happened.
$ The faithful young evangelist re
/ Jolced greatly and assured the sui
! ferer that the Almighty had save
L MIN and that It was warming to til
/ uncovered. Flad, with a wild, fal
{ | away look in his eyes, said to the pa1
+ son: You can't tell me anything
I don't know about the other world.
have been there. + have been in he
I and coming out of hell I've been
( heaven. No man has seen what
have seen and lived
At this Flad went into another cor
vulsion and it was many long days be
| fore he would speak of the subjet
or explain what he meant.
/; A reporter was present when h
Y told the story in detail:
] fI.remember was handling som
Il conduit pipes for the wires that we1
II being installed in the second CALLER
4 back of the big switch boards in til
\ poWerhouse. [ knew that I was in
dangerous position, but thought I We
All All. right until stepped too far Q
one side and felt the plank slip on til
/ saWhOrses, which were four feet aboy
the floor. AS I was getting my ba
ance shouted to Mallory, Look out
From that moments rem EN- Der r1otf
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