Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-02

Yesterday morning about ten min
utes of seven o'clock Chris. Scheele, a
resident of North York street. just
above Maryland, and one of the newly
appointed lamp trimmers for the city
electric plant, under Superintendent
Clarence Underwood, was instantly
killed at the lamp at the corner of
Maryland and North York streets, near
his home, and in the presence Of his
wife.
The current was not from the city
plant, but was probably crossed into
the light circuit from wires on the
east side of the river That
it did not come from the
railway wires is tolerably clear, Super
intendent Wright OF the Railway Com
pany, making a test which showed that
his wires were open and clear Then.
the railway voltage is small-not over
5OO-which is scarcely sufficient to Kill
a healthy man.
Mr.. Scheele left his home at about a
quarter Of seven, TO commence work as
a lamp trimmer, the old force dropping
off at midnight Thursday night. and
the newly appointed force going on
duty. His wife accompanied him to
the sidewalk, at the invitation of her
husband. to watch him trim his first
lamp. Mr. Scheele went to the lamp at
the intersection of the two streets near
his home and lowered it, prepar-
aJ0ry 10 cleaning it and putting in new
cartons. He Of course had no idea that
O current was running through the
wires, and accordingly, when he lifted
off the glass globe and caught hold of
the two carbous he received the full
force Of the stray current, and with a
Shrek of agony on his lips life was ex-
tingUished almOs- in a twinkling
Henry JueTgens was on the sidewalk
at the time, watching Mr. Scheele ard
he al once ran TO the aid of the victim
and at considerable risk got him loose
from the lamp. The body was at once
,.ken 10 the home which Mr.. Scheele
had left five minutes before in the full
yigOr of health. and a physician sum
mOned, but the most superficial exam
inatiCn showed that life was extinct
The victims hands were badly burned
where they touched the lamp carbOns
a reporter for the Register saw both
EE-Supe Caps and Superin-
teudert Underwood of the city light
ing station, yesterday, while they We're
engaged in examining the Island cir
cult for the fault which caused the ac-
cident They both said the engine at
the city plant was shut down at half
past six yesterday morning. at least
twenty minutes before the accident.
They also said that the Island circuit
had been short-circuited about one
o'clock yesterday morning, near the
west end of the steel bridge, and that
0.,arJhat time but three lights burned
ON The circuit-One on South street.
Near Baers, and which is the only
light on the Island circuit on the east
side of the river. and two on the bridge.
This had nothing to do with the acct
dent but simply showed that the cir
cGi- was in trouble during the night.
The gentlemen said that the Island cir
cult was charged with electricity from
some source not ascertained at times
during the morning long after day
light. as the lamps flashed up for
moment about quarter past nine, that
John BeltZ, a lamp trimmer was Sc
yerely shocked while cleaning and
trimming the South street lamp, dur
ing the morning. and that the Island
circuit spanked at the switchboard at
the plant repeatedly. They had not
located the trouble. but We're inclined
to think it was on the city side of the
river. between the electrical station
and Bridge Place.
Mr.. Scheale was q married man, but
had no family. He had been out OF
work for long time, and was in very
Indifferent circumstances, and ascer-
tanning this. Messrs. Capps and Under
wood started q subscription which had
reached very fair proportions by last
night. They ask all who can TO ana III
raising q suitable fund for use by the
household of the deceased In this de-
DICrable emergency. MIR. Scheele was
very popular ON the Island as well as in
The CITY. and his untimely death was
deeply regretted
Coroner SchultZe was notified of the
accident. and after a preliminary eN-
animation decided to postpone the IN
quest until to-day
This morning Coroner Schuitze Will
hold a consultation with Prosecuting
Attorney Howard as to the course TO be
pursued i'm the conduct Of the inquest,
and will shape his subsequent action in
the LIGHT of that consultation. Last
evening the Coroner said that it was
his desire to make a careful enquiry
into the causes which led to- the death
of Mr. Scheele. this, as a matter Of
course. embracing the source of the
electric current which ran into the ISL
and circuit OF the city system.
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