Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-11-28 | Page 1 | Man Electrocuted; Fatality in Tooele

111 ELECTROCUTED; FH1UIT 1 TOOELE Mat R. Green, in the Employ of the Glai;k EJeetric Company. " , t Special to Tho Tribune. TOOELE. Nov. 27. Mat. P.. Green, aged 2i years, a lineman in the employ of the Clark Electric, company of lhln city, met his doath today by being electrocuted elec-trocuted while repairing one f the company's com-pany's lines between Stockton and Tooele. J.Ic loaves a. widow and a baby a fow weeks old, Mr. Green had notified the power house by means of .the portable telephone which lie enrriod with' him to turn ofT tho current and he silpposcd that it had heen done. Ilowevc'r. the power house did not get tho nollce and the power was left on. The "accident was due to Continued on Pace Two. MAN ELECTROCUTED; FATALITY IN TOOELE Continued from Page Ono. Mr. Green's spurs slipping, which lot him fall across the live wires. Mr. Green's lifeless body was found hanging across the wires by three young men who wore out horseback riding. His body was taken to his home in this city. Besides the widow arid baby Mr. Green Is survived by two brothers, Charles E. and Harry .T. Green, -and u sister. 'Miss Delia Green. He was born at Ophlr, Utah, and was the son of Mr. "and Mrs. John Green, both of whom are now dead. The funeral will be hold Tuesday from I the Tooele ward chapely