Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-12-11 | Page 1 | Killed by Electricity

KILLED BY electricity linemen were using a telephone at the time cal dec II 11 there was in extraordinary accident near hero lat night in which one man lost hia life and another was seriously hurt and L M SIc Kamish linemen the employ of the standard electric company were out inspecting kirea and stepped in a telephone booth on tho road to telephone to another point mcdani i uffing the telephone and tood on the flooring of the booth tood of the little structure hi 3 ewt on the around made damp by n recent er in ft friend JV placed his hands on the shoulders jot his commodo while he latter wa talking suddenly ann stricken down tuno cd and when he recovered he found alfing dead nt the door of the booth an explanation of tha death is given by the fact the power wires and the telephone arc i trung on the same it j believed that a strong current aa passed to the telephone wire flent mckamish and centered ita dorco on feet touching the wet ground completed the circuit wa 23 ye araold HI re coer M ak