Edward W. Hays, 54, driver, attempted to save Leroy B. Howey, 36, farmer, from suffocation, Berryton, Kansas, September 18, 1913. Howey was working in a well 20 feet deep, following a blast, and was overcome by the fumes. With a rope around his body, Hays descended a ladder, which did not reach the top of the well. He stood at the bottom for about a minute waiting for another rope to be lowered, but before the rope was lowered, he was overcome. The men above raised him to the surface, and he was revived. Howey was taken out later and was revived. 11755-985
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