Show DEADLY CURRENT IS fATAL fAIA TO C. C W. W I. I GUEST TElEPHONE LINEMAN His Foot Touches High Tension Tension Ten Ten- sion Wire and His Life Out Charles W. W Guest an employee of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Tele Telo- graph company was by electricity electric c ity yesterday afternoon on tho the top o of telephone polo at Clinton avenue and andWan Wall Wan street on which he lie was working forkin His foot came in conta contact t with a high tension wire and una 2500 volts of eec doe passed through his body killing him almost instantly Guest Quest was on tho the lower crossbar o othe of the pole and had swung his foot ove to hold himself while looking hooking for lor wire wiro trouble and in some manner his ills f foot foo ot camo came in contact with the tho wire wiro and a sheet of fi flame l mo was seen to ta shoot from his foot Ho fell feU back head boad downward downward down down- ward but tho the manner in which ho was seated on tho the crossbar held him bim sus ens- in midair Pedestrians saw him suspended in midair and telephoned to the police de do- Dr H H. B. B Spra Sprague u who vho was wasat wasat wasat at police h headquarters hear heard the caland call cal calland and hurrying to Fire iro hief Chief W. W H. H Bywater Bywater Bywater By- By water they rushed to the tho scene scone in the chiefs chief's s automobile With the tho assistance of two firemen they cut the wire wiro and lowered the tho body which was taken to to the tho emergency hospital at once Dr Sprague working all nIl the way to tho the station with tho the machine going going n at a high rate of speed Sliced in an nn effort to revive re reo re- re vive 1 Guest Upon arriving at tho the hospital the was used but it proved pro of no avail as Dr Sprague said that death hat hail evidently been almost instant The body was taken to the undertaking establishment es os- os- os of J. J W. W Taylor Mr Guest was a native of this city He Ho was 31 years cars of age He Is survived survived sur sur- by a widow and two small children chil ebil- dren 2 and 5 3 years yeara of age ae respectively who live Jive at Wilmington avenue He is ig also survived by live five brothers and throe three sisters Funeral arrangements arrange arrange- e- e meats ments have ha not b been en mado ninth |