The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-09-23

Causes Another Lineman'S Death
i'm New York City.

New York Sept. l9.-Ano.her
electric light tragedy, which almost
eclipsed in its narrowing details the
living death that LiBeman Feeks un-
derwent, was enacted in this city last
night. 1t occurred on Broadway, at
The corner of Thirty-ffth street, 10 the
presence of a vast throng of people
who were just returning from the
theaters. Ladies shrieked as they
gazed at the terrible contortions of the
man who was being slowly charred by
the death-transmitting fuse, and for
time the streets in the immediate
neighborhood were impossible.
The victim was George Kopp, an
employe of the United States Electric
Light company. He had started out
late LIST night to place rev carbons
in the lamps on upper Broadway,
which was beginning to flicker.
Reaching the Park theatre, at thirty
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o'clock, he entered the building, and
borrowed ladder to enable him to
fix lamp across the way, on the
southwest corner.
Crossing the street Kopp assembled
the ladder ard proceeded With bis
task. He pulled the old carbon out
of the lamp and was shout the place
a ne~ one in its place. His quick
eye discovered the fact that the wires
that supported the light were not
properly insulated. He grasped one
of them. His movements were watch
ed by passers-by. as the sight of a man
handling an electric lamp generally
attracts some attention. Three or
four men stopped to look at Kopp.
All at once his pinchers fell to the
sidewalk and his head dropped in
limp condition toward the lamp. Not
word, or sign, or groan escaped
from him. The men who were stand
ing nearby did not seem to realize
what had happened.
. Just then the audience that filled
the Park theatre across the way began
to disperse. The sight of the man
standing motionless ard apparently
transfixed on the ladder attracted the
attention of those who were the first
to reach the sidewalk.
They crowded around the ladder.
Suddenly a sickeDing, sizzling noise
on the wire followed their approach.
1t was similar to that which Mortified
The crowd that saw po"r LiDeman
Feeks tortured TO death in Centre
street. The odor of burning clothes
and flesh now became preceptible.
Men turned pale and women tainted
Bgg able to offer the victim any assis.
lance.
The wire then began TO sputter. end
electric sparks shot here aud there
from the b dy. The terrible news had
reached the tneater, and the remaining
auditors rushed out and pushed their
way TO the spot where Kopp's cleo
trocntion was in progress.
At this junCture Mansger w. j.
Dunlevy of the theater. and Superin-
tendept Charles w. Sipp of the Brush
Electric Light Company. rushed over
to the ladder. They carefully assembled
it, protected by a rubber cost, which
thew had secured 10 the thea.er,
They wrapped the coat around the
unfortunate man and slowly removed
him from the instrument of torture
and lifted him to the sidewalk. A
ringing cheer went up from the crowd
when the rescuers came down from
their perilOus task.
The unfortunate victim was motion
less, and it was concluded that he
was dead. DIR. George G. Gage, who
passed at the time, took charge of the
PROSTATE man, for he subsequently
gave some indications of life. He |
worked over him for half hour, al |
though he was frequent y annoyed by |
orders Of all sorts from the spect iturs, |
whose pity found vent in innumerable
A Dniin.nnan who had been sum.
noned, sent out an ambulance caII by
me of The underground wires. As
he ambulance drew up to the curb,
Aopp began to move and groan and
1--WE unmistakable signs of life. His
;'othes were burned, but the only
mark visible was a scorched streak on
lis right hand.
Kopp was placed in the ambulance,
nd the driver started off for the New
FORK hospital, but Kopp died on the
way. The ambulance surgeon said
'efore leaving the scene of the acct
emf that KOpp would not live an
our.
The New Discovery.
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