Telegram-herald., 1889-08-10

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results, D1t t1eIs @rs Lu@-ieis u otAeis
e. q1Aliy terrible.
A B4oa1v4y inspector IN 1855, While az
work upoa : lazaL.ls 81 Ils corlsr ~ --las
tuor51s -fAro a1d JOAN s-reeg, eafe-essiy
touc4s1 line oi copper frame with ollo ~
hls augers re ~as reaaersi iaseuslols by
tbs current wEicn Deyond tL-s 1urA11 "Al.t
mia. los ca.l4cl tie oull,us glcEre " a tree
VIA boi-s . and branches upon us hand
aud forearm The burns ~ere - deep ani
vide IA4t be was confined - lhe hospital for
Two months, Snl VAS obliged - have TO
course u tLs traas .sLsrx. slion of skiu 70 tbs
raw surface Dsiors "a og1-l regain tas uSs oi
his arm.
J. y Or.ort. the distinguished electrical
expert Of Bridgeport. CO1n, GA the other
hand, received u saock frOla q Thompson
Hueston q dynano that was al least afry times
a. powerful - tas preceding. bot beyond %
ng made uncOasclous Tor few minutes, re-
ceived appaI emily no serious damage. II Ia
fast his figures be correct, rs received with
lmpunity a more powerful shock than ne
one with which they No" propose - execute
criminals IN iAe stale OF New OK.
Freeman Arlington Is the proprietor OF c
fashiOnaOls billiard room Ia Augusta, TIA
On Feb Z, last year no Was fixing one o! Tie
incandescent lamps with which his hail IS
Illuminated, and received the full current OF
the wires. Although this Is the weakest CI
all the currents used FOR lighting IL threw
him into inseusblity and paraly eel all the
organs OF the tongue ana throat. When Is
rcsained Consciousness he fe-t az unpleasant
nui.loness Ia every part " bis body, but SUI
fered little or 10 pain. IL was two days DO
fore ne could again swallow with any amount
OF case. alld a week before his voice was en-
tirely restored
On Now ears day ot the same year there
was a fire at 10 Vesey street, il New York,
rs-rf ID. i,st- a -
tempted 70 cut an electric lighting wire which
vs. IN tue way Of tho nremen. DO was vet,
ana touching Il wet surface as he did, his
body became a good conductor. As he cut
TIE wire tao current passed through the nip
pers into his body, killing him and inaicting
horrible burns upon ais hand, arm and shoul-
dor. IN this case the overflow ran upward
il fanlike lines, being strange TO say, deeper
and more serious toward the shoulder than
they were al the wrist or elbow. a similar
fate was that OF poor news5oy at a fire the
previous year in Brooklyn, excepting that hs
lay burned and agoaized in the presence OF
thousands before death put al end 10 bis SUI
ferings.
Very different were two experiences in
! 1885, IN New York city. On Feb i George
/ G. jerks stepped upon live wire that was
/ lying on the ground in Gansevcort street.
! The current ran up one leg and down the
/ other, knocking him senseiess, but curing
I him OF a rheumatic cold from which be was
suffering On May John II. Simpson, at
I 30 Broadway, received a heavy current
through his body AMI was temporarily para
! lived When the huid was turned OF he
/ found himself as if nothing had happened,
having neither pain, burn, nor even numb
ness.
COavulsions are frequently produced by
these discharges In December, 1888 tele-
/ phone WHO which crossed lighting wire fell
upon two horses. Both tumbied down and
went into convulSonS. Their driver, an
Irishmau, sprang from lis seat 10 their
assistance. The moment ho touched the first
horse he was shocked, and, following their
example, went into convuisions himself.
These nuclberless accidents have begun 70
teach tbs American people that their only
safety hes in buryins the wires. lti.as been a
very slow lesson on very stapid peO- 10. Thus
far not one-hgudredth Of the electric wires Of
the country have been pu: beneath the earth.
/ Til this Is done frightful accidents TO health,
limb and lie sire to be momentarily expect
ell 1t Is only today that the authorities OF
the metropolis OF tho continent have per
ceived the truth OF this. and have gone to
work IN good earnest To their credit bc it
sad that they are now displaying the rarest
energy, and have selected the haIdsomest,
/ most durable and best subway and electrical
/ conduit system known y the world.
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