Roy M. Long, 57, mail carrier, rescued Oscar J. Harvey, 58, mechanic, from electric shock, Livonia, New York, September 20, 1943. While Harvey was helping to move a building, a metal brace of a lightning rod on the roof got in contact with an electric wire which was charged with 4,800 volts of electricity. A ground-cable extended down from the lightning rod, ending in a coil that was nailed to the building four feet above the ground. Harvey walked in a narrow space between the building and a wire fence, and his left wrist got in contact with the coil. He was shocked and became unconscious . He stood leaning against a fence post, his right arm being drawn up and his hand level with his head. Long ran to a point two and a half feet from Harvey and extended his right hand toward Harvey’s right hand. He was shocked and became unconscious. Both men fell and lay on the ground free from contact with the cable or the fence Harvey sustained severe burns but recovered. Long was revived 20 minutes after the act. He sustained severe burns and fractures of two ribs; and he was disabled for three weeks. 40007-3351
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