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Show Erastus Barnard Electrocuted. (From Box Eldor News) Residents of this county will be shocked to learn that Erastus Barnard formerly of Harper ward was electrocuted up near Pocatollo Sunday, June 12th, by a live wire carrying 33,000 volts of electricity falling upon him. A full account of the sad affair, as given below, was taken from a clipping of one of tho Pocatollo papers : Erastus Barnard, agcd42,em-ploycd agcd42,em-ploycd by George Kempton as a teani3ter, was electrocuted yesterday morning about 10 o'clock, while helping to move a barn on tho Fort Hall tract. In passing under the transmission transmis-sion lino of the Idaho Consolidated Consoli-dated Power company a short distance north of tho city, ono of the wires was broken, and in falling struck Barnard on the top of tho head. Death was in-I in-I stautaneous. Tho power lino carried 33,000 volts. The body was brought to the Lindquist Undertaking parlors and today a coroner's inquest was held. The jury agreed that death was accidental. Mr. Barnard leaves a wife and seven children in this city. Until Un-til recently ho was tho owner of a ranch nearlnkoni, but removed remov-ed to the Gate City to givo his family school facilities. Ho was tho son of L. Barnard of Garland Utah, one of the pioneers of that state. Two brothers and two sisters survive him Frank Barnard, a liveryman livery-man of American Falls, who is here to arrange for the funeral; ;Osro Barnard of Garland, Mrs. I Julia Hadcock of Salt Lake and Mrs. M iry Benedict of Raynor, Ora. Evidence adduced at tho coroner's inquest to the effect that Mr. Kon.iiion, tho house mover and contractor, had propped up one of tho tele-phono tele-phono wires strung below tho high-tension t power wires to afford room for the barn to pass underneath. In some manner the prop became displaced and tho telephono wiro came into contact with tho power wires. It quickly burned aud fell, fully charged with the death-dealing fluid and struck Mr. Barnard on tho head. As a result of tho accident the curreut was shut off for five or six hours. ! Mr. Barnard was a brother-in -law to Eli T. Pierce of Harper, and Mr. Pierce and his brother returned yostorday morning from attending tho funeral, which was held Tuesday at Pocatollo. |