Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #1766

Early Thursday afternoon, July 6, 1944, the step-daughter of Michael Hutzell of Wiconisco, who was approximately eleven years old, became unconscious while swimming in the West Borough Park Swimming Pool. She was revived by a crew from Liberty Hose Company using a new resuscitator. The crew, along with Dr. Herrold, worked on the girl for almost fifteen minutes before she became near normal. She was then taken to the Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg by the Reiff and Helt Ambulance.