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Show I Electric Current J I Kills Mill Foreman ! B f I B Bingham, Feb. 26. Matt A. Wright A B night foreman of tho Ohio copper I B mill at Lark, was electrocuted at I B about 3:30 o'clock this morning. A B No ono witnessed tho fatality, and I B therefore tho details nre not known f B &n(l can only be surmised. Acting A B Coroner Dudley was notified of tho I B accident and went to Lark to make I B an investigation. His research caused A B him to conclude that no responsible f B Ity could bo attached to any living I B person, but that Wroghlo death was j B purely tho rcbult of accident. Y B It appears that at 3:30 this mom- B lng Wright went Into tho electrical A ?m transformer houso near tho mill to I kW attend U tho wator circulating pipes, I B which was ono of his regular duties, i B About fiftocu minutes later tho pow- f B cr in tho mill was working sutlstac- I 9 tcrlly and ono of the men went to I B lh transformer hniiBO to sco what I B wns wrong. Tho body of Wright yas A K found lying closo to tho perpcndlc- I M ular lighting arrestors, and parallol I m with them. 'A H Apparently In moving about tho I B place Wright had gone too nenr tho 'I B arresters, and from a great burn on'j B ll,s Ioft shoulder It Is supposed that I B he must liuvo fallen against them, I B repaying an onormous voltago of cur-'i B cuL Theso arrestors servo two pur Bk poses one to dlschargo tho lighting that may at any time strlks the transmission trans-mission lines and the other to rellco tho system of.uny excess voltage that may occur by reason of crossed wires or for any other cause. On that account ac-count it ia impossible to say what was the voltago tcceUcd by Mr Wright. It may have been that the wires were what Is called "surging"' at that particular time (as they often do because of excess voltage), and the force of the current Is therefore only a thing of conjecture At any rate the body was fearfully burned, and even tho nails wero burned out 'of the unfortunate man's shoes. Wright leaves a widow and thico boys and one girl ranging fiom two to thirteen years of age. The body I was taken to tho Taylor undertaking establishment at Mldvalo, and from there It wll be conveyed to Coal-llle Coal-llle for burial. Mr. Wright was considered con-sidered a valuablo employee, halng been night foreman at tho Ohio mill for two and one-half years, coming to Bingham from Mldvalo, but Irlgln-ally Irlgln-ally residing in Coalville, where l.o has relatives. |