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His Vivid Story of a Silk Bale Plunge and Rescue
A man recounts his sensations as he tumbled onto his back into a seething liquid and became entangled in a bale of raw silk before a delayed rescue. The incident underscores peril in industrial settings and the man’s survival against the odds.
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Dick Reisigl
Detroit Tigers
Liarry Wolverton
San Francisco Seals
Tigers
Topeka
Wolverton
Clarence Rowland
Chicago White Sox
Peoria
Distillers
Eddie Justice
Stop
Rowland
Clarence
Justice
Otis. Clymer
Minneapolis Association
E. A. Montgomery
Minneapolis
Clymer
Otis
Flo
Leslie Mann
Poston Braves
Springfield
Fed
Feds
Les
Mey
Eee Ooe
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Erie
Philadelphia
Middle
Missouri
Texas
Charles E. Hughes
New York
John A. Dix
Foss
Massachusetts
Fevelans
State Assembly
Railroad Commission
Cruce
Oklahoma
Colorado
Delaware
Virginia
Ohio
New Jersey
Maryland
Peennsylvania
Harrisburg
Trentos
Star Chamber
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Ohio Railroad Company
Brent
Stenss
Napoleon
Sayie
United States” Army
National Guard of
Heers
Jane
Sellier
Dre Hermes Meyer Avas
Wambington Star