Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-10
ANOTHER FEEKs HORROR.
An Electric Lineman Killed While Re-
pairing Wire-lIis Body slowly
turned.

pairing u Wfre-llis Body Slowly
burned.
Another New York lineman met his
death in II manner similar tUttIat by which
Feeks was killed several weeks ago AS in
the case of Feeks, Mondays victim re-
ceived a shock while repairing wire on
the top of pole, and fell across the wires
and was roasted.
The latest victim of electricity was Peter
Clausen, Dane, u years old who was en-
ployed by the Northern New York Electric
Lighting company. He lived with his
young wife at o53 East l36th street. The
accident occurred at the corner of Third
avenue and Fifty-sixth street At this
corner there is u pole about 30 feet high,
with two cross pieces. on the top cross
piece number of telegraph wires are
strung and on the lower one there are two
electric light wires, one of which is con-
nected with lamp in front of drug store
The lamp did not burn on Sunday night,
and on Monday the company sent Clauson
TO repair the wire.
when Clausen climbed the pole. lie strad-
dled the lower crosspiece, and began to
make what repairs were required. A num-
ber of children were playing the sidewalk
at the loot of the pole. Suddenly ono of
them, Mamie DAHL alarmed the people by
crying "hre.' Several persons at once
rushed out Of the houses in the vicinity,
and found Mamie pointing 10 the man on
the pole.
Looking up a horrible sight met their
gaze. Clausen was lying across the two
electric wires his right hand clutched one
OF the wires, the one he had been repairing,
and his chin rested on the other Smok @
and blush fame were issuing from the
parts OF the body which touched tho wires,
and an odor of burning flesh filled the air
| large crowd soon gathered and looked
with shuddering horror upon the awful
| spectacle. In few minutes three police
men reached the spot, and procuring lad
| der climbed to the roof of the elevated rail-
| road station, which was on level with
the top of the pole.
Thomas Smith, driver, went up to help
| them. The four tried to get a rope around
| the body of the linemaD, and, at the first
attempt, Smith received a shock which
knocked him senseless. He was carried to
saloon and soon recovered. The police
men, in the meantime, had got the rope
around Clausen's body, but we're then con
fronted by new difficulty. The mans
! right hand clutched the wire SO tightly
that the body could not be moved. one of
| the men procured an axe and chopped the
wire in half. II was dangerous thing to
| do, but fortunately no one was hurt bY it,
With great deal of trouble the body was
hnally dislodged and dragged from the
pole over on 10 the roof of the station and
| then lowered TO the street.
DR.. DAILY examined the body and pro.
nouneed life extinct. The body was re-
moved to the Morrisana police station.
| An examination showed that the electric
light wires had burned the flesh otr the
right hand To the bone. The flesh on the
right forearm, from the elbow To the wrist
was also burned and lacerated. The imprint
OF the wire was visible in the chin. The
| Dody OF the unfortunate man was subsa-
| quently removed To his own house ON an
| order given by Coroner Schultze.
| The suppostlon is that Clausen must
have touched a part of the wire on which
the insulation had worn off and received the
shock, which caused hIm TO fall forward
on the other wire. lie was probably killed
almost instantly. The police notified the
electric light company, and other linemen
were sent to the scene and repaired the