The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-10-17
In MemOrium.
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Many of your readers will be sympa-
theticaly interested in an account of
the unfortunate accident which caused
the untimely death Of Edwin Irwin,
eldest son Of Mr. Thos j Irwin The
young man had Tor the last six months,
been located at Missoula, Mont, and
was in charge Of the electric lamps Of
the city; it was his duty to replace the
carbons every day. Each lamp has two
switches for the purpose Of turning off
the current; to the upper one rope
should be attached in order to cut off
the current before ascending the pole.
About o'clock on Tuesday evening
the Ist inst, one Of the lamps in the
most public part Of the city was not
burning The rope that should h We
been there was MISSING and young IT.
win assembled the pole for the purpose
of putting the lamp in order Mr. Og
den the owner Of the Electric Works
stood watching him He climbed the
pole, sat astride Of the crossbeam, took
hold of the switch with one hand and
the horror of Mr. Ogden and the by
ISLANDERS took hold of the wire with his
other hand. thereby completing the
circuit.
The shock rendered him unconscious
and he fell, (striking on the end of
crossbeam and breaking it Off down
some twenty five feet further into a
deep excavation and struck face down
ward on pile Of boulders.
He was carried % the room Of his cou-
sin, Mr.. Kennedy Dougine, and every
thing done for him that could be done,
and up to Saturday night he was be-
ieved to be on the road to recovery,
but he then became delrious and died
at ten minutes past six Sunday morn
ing
Although he had been so short a
time in Missoula, he had many friends
and was much respected. lie was
member Of the Society Of Christian
Endeavor of the NJ E. Church, one of
the Good Templars and was soon to
have united with the Presbyterian
Church, whose pastor, the Rev. Hugh
Lamont, with the assistance of the Rev.
J. w. TAFT of the NJ E. Church, con-
Quoted the funeral services; these
services were held in the Presbyterian
Church, at Missoula, on Monday, Oct
18th at noon.
The text was from Eccles II l., the
hymns sung we're; Home at last"
"Gathering Home, "Asleep in Jesus
The pallbearers were; U. S. G. Steel,
John Cornish, Arthur McKeown, John
E Bowman, NJ. Robt. Rutherford,
Geo. T. Estabrook. During the SER
vices, Longfellow's beautiful lines On
Resignation commenced.
"There is no flock however watched and
tended,
But one dead lamb is there
There is no ireside howso'er defended,
But has one vacant chair"
were read.
The following extracts from the Rev.
Hugh Lamont'S letter to his parents
speak for themselves. II do not need
to assure you that he bore an unblem-
ished character. The fact that he
held to his integrity and purity in the
midst cf such strong temptations, where
so many young men fall should be a
great consolation to your stricken
hearts"
II cannot tell you how much [ feel
his loss" Born and brought up in
Kenosha as he was, it was fitting that
he should be brought home and laid to
rest near the home of his childhood,
and among his many friends; he was
therefore buried from the Congregation
al Church here. An account of the
service will be found elsewhere).
The universal respect in which the
family are held renders it almost un-
necessary to express the earnest sympa-
thy which is felt for their deep affection
by this community, and the hope that
they may be uphelped by Him who
said, "Blessed are they that mourn, for
they shall be comforted."
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