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Show BODY ALMOST BURNED TO A CRISP Following the arrival of the body of Sidney C. Thompson in Ogden, accompanied by those who know the circumstances of the death, additional details have been learned. Thompson with J H La Rue and a gang of Italian laborers was at work n ar Croome 76 miles west of Ogden, repairing the damage done to the block signals by the electrical storm of a week ago. Near Groonie they lound the transformer on one of the towers burned out. and Thompson made preparations to replace the apparatus ap-paratus with a npw one from the :,iock on the motor car they were using La Rue warned him of the danger and advised him to wait until the power in the high tension wires could he turned off, but Thompson believed the change could be made in safety. He had removed the old transformer and was about to place the new one in position when he fell across the wires carrying 11,000 olts ni electricity and was almost burned to a crisp hen those below saw what had occurred. La Rue and another employee em-ployee took the motor car and hur-! hur-! rleci to Montcllo. where the power was shut olf. Others returned on the CBl and removed tho body from the wires. The body, accompanied by the wife ' and little son who had gone to Mon-tello Mon-tello upon learning of the accident, v. as brought to the Larkln & Sons' establishment late yesterday afternoon after-noon Thompson was the eon of Mr and Mrs Christopher Thompson and was well known In Ogden, halng resided here the greater part of his life He survived by a sister, Mrs. Edith Poulson, and two brothers, Edwin and Nephl, who with ihlr mother reside l in Weiser, Ida, and his parents. His wife is a sister of the widow of Morris Mor-ris Fret well. Funeral services will be held In the Rlverdale meeting house tomorrow at 2 o'clock. The funeral cortege will orm at Larkln k Sons chapel at 12 o'clock and the body will bo taken to the home of the father-in law Jo seph Fife, where it will remain for a half hour before being removed to the Rlverdale meeting house. Inter ment in Ogden City cemetery |