Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-25

10 was fully five minutes before ne
lost control OF himself and fell nae.
ward, striking on the wires, and liy
there for nearly mn hour md thfec-
quarters burnlngF The hissing rouhd,
the smell OF burning flesh. made 'he
spectacle most horrible one. d,
A friend aud former partner, Catl
Green, lives but short distance avay
aud raw him ascend the pole. pc
went over TO throw him u coil OF VIC
when the first shock was received. 10
says that Sweazy was standing al On
M electric light wire and that his Bot
slipped and scrapcd of the Insulation.
Fully 1000 people gathered and u
was M hours hard work before The
man could DO gotten down. Green
notified the company and the nmii.
lance was sent up from the station, put
wn- powcrless without u ladder and
rope. The progress Of the ambulnice
was SLOW, owing TO the fact that II j. 700
heavy for ono horse, especially II tle
streets are very muddy. When they
arrived, however. they were unable
10 do anything and sent for the hook'
and.ladder wagon from the CurNs
street station.
bisit ILAhf-,.
When IL arrived blue flame could
be seen and smoke clnaunting frm
the foot. Life became extinct la az v
minutes after the accident occurri !,
bur his hand still clutchci the pli,r.
with death grip rs II hung notion
less.
The throng seemed to grow with cacll
moment that passed and all stoDd
breathlcss ms they watched the ladu,r.
being raised anu the body being takcn
from the deadly wire through which
the current still poured. II was ncccs'
lary 10 cut several wires before The
bouy could be disentnngled. rhc 10
lice had hard time 10 Keep back Tic
excited crowd while the brave tlro Ia 4
dies and the linemcn lowered tue liiu.
less form 10 the ground. IL WAS plac,d
IN the Ambulance where In ohargHOi
Police Surgeon smith II was taken 10
tho cOroner's, for the powerful current
had done it, work well.
A deep mark was burned In tho
Iight b-nipic and the bottom OF the le't
foot was cooked 10 crisp aud badly
blGckened. IL wns evidently niort
powerful current than that OF tell.
phone wire and probably CAN'T from On
electric poorly Insulated crossing the
wlrcNhe stood on.
The deceased was a single man abou
% years of age. lie had been roolnsnc
ut 8ISS Market str-ct, and had been Ia
the employ OF the Colombo Telephone
Company for tho past three month.
HE was formerly member Of the irm
Of Green. WooIman * 5weaxey, al
electric light wiring company which
has ila Office In the jacobson block. IL
had been In the employ OF tho tel,.
phone exchange at Omaha for nj leas,
eighteen months before coming b. Den.
yer, and was In the firm OF Green,
Wooiuan d Sweaz-y for over u yea.
He was always considered n capab.,
and careful man, aud was given district
No. o Of the company's lines for thl.
reason, as II IN In the dangerous portion
owing TO so many electric light wire.
being In II.
About n week ago he received n shoe
near the telephone building on Law.
renee street and fell twenty ~ tbs
ground.
He has father and mother living III
Hillsdalc, Mich, aud his father VIZ
expecting 10 make him a visit In q
month. He also has relatives at De-,
Moines, Iowa, but none In Denver.--
Denver NelVs.