James V. Manges, 39, driver, rescued Frederick G. Williams, 40, telephone inspector, from electric shock, Cleveland, Ohio, May 13, 1911. Williams was on a pole 35 feet above the ground inspecting wires. He grasped a guy wire and a wire through which a current of electricity of unknown voltage from an unknown source was passing. He was unable to free himself and lost consciousness. He hung from the wire, with one leg unsupported and the other partly resting on a cable box. Manges and a companion were near the pole, and Manges’s companion ran to the pole, climbed halfway up, and then descended. Manges, undaunted, climbed up and hooked his leg over an arm on the pole, carefully holding himself away from a cable which was fastened to the pole. With pliers, he cut the wire to which Williams was holding, then quickly grasped Williams to prevent him from falling backward. A man then ascended and aided Manges. Williams, who had regained consciousness, was helped to the ground. 6941-604
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