Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-04
Fell From an Electric
Light Pole.
TWO OTHERS WERE INJURED
Sad Record Of Electricity's Work on q
Stormy Night.

One man instantlY KILLED and two
Others badly ir,ur,i Is tho record made
by the electric light WI. - corner of Broad
and Barton streets iast oy,ning. BY tho
two accidents, which occurred about
three hours apart, young wife wes made
widow, two children made orphan ana
another home turned into almost a hos.
pital hY two young men being carried in
on stretC hers
II was a terrible affair and the blame, II
any there be, has not yet been placed. Ex-
pert electricians say II Is one OF those ac-
c'dents liable To happen at any time, es'
p.cialy on a wet night.
The story of the accident IL a follows:
Alfred FOran, q years OF age, ho lived
with his wife and two children at 657
Pine street, Central Falls, was employed
as patrolman by the Paw ucket Gas
Company. II was his duty to drive over
the different streets ana inspect the eiec-
trio lights.
About O'Clock last evening he was
driving down Broad street and saw that
the light corner Of b. Dad and Barton
streets was out. No one knows Just how
he met his death for 1t was raining and
blowing hard and he was alone.
lie was found by Frank HuDtley lying
at the foot of the pole groaning, a few
moments after O'Clock. Another young
man named George Brown came along
and they put Foran into his own wagon
and drove TO the police station.
Before they reached there he had ceased
to move or make any sound and as soon
as he was laid on bed Mrs. DIR. jerks,
the matron, saw that he was dead.
Medical Examiner Kelliher was called
and made an examination and found that
his neck was broken. The only mark on
the body was a purple circle around the
neck.
One spoke In wheel OF his wagon was
broken and IL IL thought his head struck
that In fslling. The distsnce was forty
feet.
The body was turned over to his friends
and scarcely had everything quieted
down again before the ambulance was
summoned to the same place to bring two
young men to the station who had been
hurt at the same poe.
Patrick Gormsn, who lives at q Sum.
mer street, Central Falls, Is also an en-
ploye Of the Gas Company as patrolman,
but was not on duty lest night. lie knew
OF the HcclueHt 10 FOEbn Huu Whs Comiuk
down Broad street In company with
| Henry j. Flynn, who also lives at u
Summer street. German saw the light
out at the corner OF Barton street and
knowing 1t was Foran's "beat" thought
| he would fix II.
lie first kicked the pole, but II had no
effect. He then ascended and put his
| hand on zone section" and found no cir.
cult. He then put his hand on the other
sect on. He groaned and fell over back
wards.
Flvnn, who was watching him, at
tempted To catch him and probably saved
his life, for his fall was somew nat
broken, but Flynn was also badly injured.
Albert r. Sherman was standing across
thn street and saw the affair.
He gave the alarm and both men were
taken to the station In the ambulance.
DIR. Lane found German the more seri-
ousiy injured. He had severe scalp
wound near the base OF the brain that re-
quired six stitches and the muscles OF his
hack were strained, but no bones were
broken. The only thing feared in his case
~ concussion OF the brain. Had the blow
on the head been hai an inch lower 1t
would have proved fatal.
In he meantime, while the physician
vas working on German, Flynn tainted
and was pul TO bed. lie was suffering
frcm shock Rnd a severe strain Of the
EiGneys.
Both men were takeo home IN the am
bulance.
Otiiccr Callafpn wss stationed 81 the
pOle for tnc Tcst ~ IN liyht 10 g1uro
against fart heT accident
After he first accident Ihe electric light
men were warned To keep away from the
pole, but German cid not know OF bis.
One OF the men In charge st '1e olec-
tric light station said this morning tnat
there was more or lees leakage" In ey -
light, but he could not account for the
accident. He said I nat Forar had often
been out on worse nights than lsst even
lug. II was one OF those accidents, he
said, that could not be accounted for.
The condition OF German snd Flynn
today II very rnuch improved. They
spent comfort ,ole night sno will re-
cover IN a short timi.
Where H. ~ and n Nigh -treet1