A MAN OF NERVE.
A. thrilling accident occurred at the American Iron Works, Pittsburg, Pa. While Robert Moore was at work at his rolls his catcher failed to seize with his tongs i bar of white-hot iron which had been placed between the rolls. The iron twisted itseli thrice around the roll, forming a "collar. The catcher struck the iron, when there flew oil* a piece in the shape of a ring, with a stem twenty inches long running olt' at right angles to the circle. The band new back au3 fell around Moore's head, resting on his shoulders. Quick as thought he grabbed the long stem with Ins tongs and the whitehot ring with his hand, and with, steady nerve and gentle movement lifted the fiery thing from his shoulders. His face was badly burned, and the flesh of liis hand was cut into the bone. After the iron had cooled he put the ring over his head—it was but two inches larger in diameter than Ilia head.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6003, 12 February 1881, Page 7
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