It was back in 1862 in a pre-dawn light when Savannah gas plant supervisor James Smedberg braced himself against the wall of a brick well to shut off� as he called it� an �intolerable gas flow� and found his...

It was back in 1862 in a pre-dawn light when Savannah gas plant supervisor James Smedberg braced himself against the wall of a brick well to shut off� as he called it� an �intolerable gas flow� and found his hand resting on the still lifeless face of a man suspended on the side of the pit where the valve was located.

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