Show electrocuted fatal accident occurs occur S when derrick hits high tension wire funeral sat I 1 0 clock abraham hunsaker age 45 years whose home is on ath west vest and 3rd ard north streets in this city was electrocuted wednesday morning at about 1030 at his farm just north of brigham city according to the report he and oliver W olsen a far farmer mer residing in that vicinity had killed a beef and were stringing it up on a large derrick air hunsaker was holding the chain and as they raised the animal the derrick swayed to one zide side and one of the poles came oin contact with the lines of the utah power and light company overhead connecting the electric current with the chain mr hunsaker is believed to have received the full voltage from the line As he sank to the ground he cried take it off A call was sent to the sheriffs offie in this city and deputy C R pella county attorney J wesley horsley city electrician W R mehner land power house foreman W N lee went to the scene of the accident mr hunsaker was found in a serious condition and mehner and lee began working to revive him mr horsley went to the home of samuel snow and called district manager A P merrill of the utah power light company of ogden uprising him that the accident had happened under the com banys lines As there is no here mr merrill was asked to send one up with expert help dr L D mahannah was called from brigham and the men worked over the body about two hours when the chief of the ogden fire department and two eap exp experts erts arrived with the the instrument was connected to the body and after an hours work it was found im possible to revive the injured man the body was brought to the hoopes mortuary in this city mr air hunsaker was born at harper may 9 1880 a son of the lite late avrill avraham arn hunsaker and mrs samuel H payne ft aho ho resides in this city he was an active member of the mo mormon rmon church and one of the successful farmers of this community he married miss lettic godfrey who died about four years ago he married mrs christena cheal widow of the late george cheal about a year ago surviving are his wife four sons rons by his former wife his mother and several brothers and and sisters funeral services will be held saturday afternoon at I 1 at the third ward chapel under the direction of bishop H W valentine interment will be in the brigham cemetery |