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Show Yeuig Men Badly Burned at Pumping Plait Fred Sholton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sholton, and Loon Whipple son of Mrs. Mary Whipple woro badly burned by oloctrlclty Thursdny morning morn-ing at tlio Jordnn River pumping plant. Each received burns on tho fnco and- head and loft hands. Thoy woro ruBhod to tho Lohl hospital whoro medical treatment was ad-ministered. ad-ministered. Shortly nttor going on shift nt 8 n. in. Thursday tlio Sholton lad pushod in n awltch. For somo cnuso unoxplnln-od, unoxplnln-od, an oloctrlcnl arc formed, Instantly burning him and Loon Whipple who waB standing n fow feet off. Sholtou'a fnco was buruod and tho left hand; tho latlor qulto sovcroly. Whlpplo ro-celvod ro-celvod burns on tho loft hand nnd tho left halt of tho headland faco which was toward tho switch board. The aro was so lntonso that It burned tho H paint from tho switch board and molt- H od tho copper fingers of tho switch. H Both young men woro confined at B tho hospital for four days -but aro Hf now nblo to bo around. Each Is still H carrying his hand In bandages. H |