The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-04
MEETS AN AWFUL DEATH.
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(COntlnueO from rage One.)
relieve the frightful excruciating pain
of a body slowly cremated.
With wide staring eyes, gasping
painfully for breath, almost paralyzed
by the terrible tragedy before them,
the other men of the crew aroused to a
sense of the emergency as their COM
ness which hushed his heartrending
cries.
Fire Department Called.
Word was sent to headquarters and
the power was shut off instantly,
throwing out of commission all Of the
plants in the downtown district.
Someone sent in an alarm to the fire
station and the hook and ladder truck
with the firemen responded to assist
in taking down the fearfully burned
body.
Meantime cooler heads were at
work and in a brief space of time a
block and tackle was rugged to the
crossarms of the pole and a strap
passed around the dead mans body by
which he was at last lowered to the
ground.
1t was fully 90 minutes after his
death that the rescue was made. His
garments were still burning although
most of the body was bare, the
flames having eaten away the clothing.
Great gaping gashes, awful to be-
hold, were burned deep in the poor,
scared zody. Across the huttocks the
flesh was consumed by the fiery cur
rent as completely as though cut away
with a knife At the knees were other
great holes burned through to the
bone which was laid bare.
Company Suppress News.
The breast and lower part of the
body, all nude, We're frightfully burned
and blackened Only the bewhiskered
face and the feet and ankles es-
capped the sickening mutilation.
AS soon as word was sent to head
quarters Manager r. E. Allen re-
sponded and Immediately, before the
burning clothes were drenched with
water. or the body completely lowered
to the ground, gave orders to all the
company employees to refuse to give
any information whatever regarding
the awful accident. Even Coroner
Cookery and his assistant weer COM
PEELED to wait until all of the men
had been crossexamined in the COM
pany's offices before list Of witnesses
could be secured.
DR.. Keylor was the first surgeon to
arrive at the scene and when the body
was lowered and buckets of water had
been poured on the burning clothes
and body, at once pronounced the I'M
fortunate man dead
Later the body was removed on the
order of the coroner to the morgue.
Arrangements for the inquest are to
be made this afternoon.
Owing to the suppression of all in
formation by the company, but lit
| tie could be learned about the dead
| man except that he came here from
| Portland about a week ago. He was
| regarded as an expert lineman in ev-
cry respect and his services were in
demand wherever construction work
was doing.
Around Here a Week Ago.
| j. E. McGilvary, manager of the
Walla Walla telephone exchange said:
''Ingraman arrived in Walla Walla
from Portland about a week ago and
went to work for the Northwestern
Gas & Electric company. He is a tel
ephone lineman by trade and was to
have entered the employ of the Pa
cific States Telephone & Telegraph
company in a few days. He was as
sisting the electric light crew until
we needed him on some extension
work the company has under consid-
GRAFTON in Walla Walla Ingraman has
a sister residing at Spokane. We have
notified our Spokane office to inform
her of the accident to her brother. In
grammar was an experienced lineZan
and had been in the business for a
number of years."
Coroner Cookery later this after
noon announced there would be no in
quest as he had investigated and
found there was no necessity for it,
Flour Warehouse Burns.