The times., 1897-08-06
KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE
Lineman Wares Fatal Contact
With a Trolley Conductor.
BODY SUSPENDED IN MIDAIR
Unfortunate Man Was Making
Connection on the Georgetown
aud TenIeytown Electric RAIL
road-Caught al Uninsulated Wire
with His Uugioyed Hands.

Lord Ware, a well known and respected
colored resident Of Fort Reno, was killed
about 10 O'Clock yesterday morning by
an electric shock, received while making
some repairs 10 live trolley wire of
the Georgetown and Tenleytown Electric
Railroad The accident occurred just be-
yond the District line, in Montgomery
county.
Death was instantaneous, the full cur
rent, OF about 500 volts, passing through
the unfortunate iinemar s body. DE- T.
w. SIayn ker, of Tenieytown, was quickly
sent for, and although he was IN the
scene within a quarter of an hour after
the accident occurred, be could render no
service TO the man, who had breathed his
last several minutes after the doctor had
been summoned.
The sad affair was witnessed by very
few persons. Thomas Van Dye, white,
the foreman of the repair work OF the
Georgetown and Tenleytown Electric Rail-
road, and David Turner, a colored line
man and a brotbeT-in-law OF the victim,
who were working with Ware at the time,
were tie only persons in the vicinity at
the time.
Early in the day the three men started
out from the car-sheds to repair con-
nection at the junction Of the George
town and TenIeytown railroad and the
Washin gton aud Glen Echo Electric Rail-
road. They repaired several poles on
the District section of the line, then crossed
over into Montgomery county to fix
na In
become detached from the pole supporting G
u. The pole is situated on the curve
lust In front of the old station, aud no
doubt the nut which had held the wire in
its proper place had been worked off
by the greater wear caused by the trolley
pole In making the turn,
The men, when they began their work,
attached u guy rope to the trolley, and
drove the ladder repair wagon, with its
elevated platform, some ten or twelve feet
high directly beneath the break. Ware
| went to the top of the ladder, and Turner
| followed, stopping a few feet below, to
help him push the wire in Its proper
place The foreman, Van Dye, was at
| the end Of the rope, it being his part to
| pull the trolley wire back into place
| Ware grabbed the trolley wire and an
other wire used as span to help his
partners In moment the death-dealing
| fluid passed through Wares body, almost
| instantly electrocuting him. His body
| swung from the top OF the wagon and
| hung in midair, depending from the two
wires 1t was a sorry sight for the other
| workers, one Of them the unfortunate
| mans own brother-in-law, to witness.
Van Dye and Turner ran to assist him
| when the span Wire sprung back releas-
| ing the hold of the dead man, causing
| him to fall headlong to the track below
| striking his head on the heavy iron rails.
The body was removed to Mr.. Storty's
| place at the old depot, Justice of the
| Peace Claud, at Chevy Chase, was notified
through the police and visited the scene
as acting coroner. 1T was decided. that
| an inquest was unnecessary, the examin
| ton OF Dr. Slaymaker being taken as
| final.
| Ware was aged forty-seven years, and
| leaves a widow and number OF children
He had been employed by the railroad corn
| pany about seven years, and during thai
| period he made many friends among the
| employees of the road, all Of whom regret
| his sad end deeply.