Eastern Utah Advocate | 1900-11-01 | Page 7 | Presence of Mind While Dying

ir I 1 of f mind d ahil while seldom baa has anyone shown such presence of mind as va as exhibited by N william willlam illiam T mccracken who was fatally injured while repairing a broken telephone wire in hans hansu w cl city ty in some ay the le line became crossed and ilc cracken fell writhing to the sidewalk I 1 don t touch me he be cried to a bystander ho he hurried up you 11 be killed it you do oel 1 et a it dry board and stand on it and wrap your hands in a a felt hat then you can get the wire without hurting yourself youre elt the man dashed off in search of the board but before he came back was dead the ire still ua in his charred bands