The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-23
BELL LINEMAN
ELECTBOgUTED
HckiARlEs SNYDER MEETS DEATH
On isLA lsp JEL aoesE

WHEELING Aug
3linenan YESTERDAY was electrccq
while workingl At the top Of Bell
Telephone pole on the Island The
man was Charles ". Snyder, ana the
Esaccident occurred AZ the corner gof
North Broadway and Zane Streets
IIO:25 O'clock IN the nothlng The
man came in contact with q feed wire
iof the Consumers Electrical Company
carrying approximately $3.50 volts:
His nome Is IN Pennsylvania and. so
far as can be ascettained be Is with:
out any near relatives in this ylcin.
ity.
Yesterday morning Charles syndert
Lee Carter and N. ]: Kennedy three
Bell llnemen, were sent to the Island.
to remove an old wire which had be,
come grounded, that extended from
North Broadway and Zane avenue to,
York street. Snyder went upt he pole
to work al the end Of the line on Zane
street and the other two men started
for York street, but were called back
by the accident to Snyder. They
found, him lying on the pavement, still.
breathing, and they, worked his arms.
and did all in their power to revive
him, but he died in a few minutes.
This story they substantially told to.
Coroner Rogers, who was soon on the.
scene, adding they did not know what
had caused him to fall.
Continuing the inquiry the coroner
brought out more information to the
effect that David McElree and Q. w.
Griffin, working upon broken water
pipe Id a ditch about 20 feet from the
pole on which synder had been work.
ing, heard a sizzling noise and looked
up just in time to see him falling
Though the tree thar stood next the
pole His arms and legs were out
stretched and he appeared to make no
effort to save himself and struck the
kground on his back, with his head on
the curb, and at no time uttered. a
sound They did not see him go up
the pole Harry Yaus, a boy, and sew.
eral women also saw the. man fail,
but no one saw him grasp the. live.
wire. This latter was examined BY vi.
"A. Kent, lneman for the city, who
stated IT belonged, to the Consumers
Electrical Company, carried i 2sssq
volts and the insulation was worn of
for a distance Of about ap. inch and a,
half, Snyder evidently touched this
and It caused his immeuiat e'death.
Coroner Rogers took this view and
rendered the following verdict:
Charles W. synder met death 81
being accidentally elecEocuted by: a
wire Of the Consumers Electrical Com,
pany." III
Had the wire not been fatal it. Is
possible that Snyder would have died
from injuries he. received in the fall.
His head was badly cut and bruised
where it came in. contact with the
curbstone, while there was CASA
about an inch long over the right
eye, while, his nose was, split wide.
open Us entire length, and when the
man struck the groundsthe impact
with the ground was heardsfor quite
q distance. sy3
This makes the second accident, Of
the kind to happen in the. city within.
a short time, the other9yictimt being
young Rose. a Hneman, for the Ma:
tional Telephone Company. who met
death but couple Of square away
from where yesterdays accident hap.
pened,
Snyder was % years Of age, single,
and tits understood has "a sister, Mrs.
w. E. Getter, Of Eastonf Pa and the
authorities last night sent a telegram
to notifying her Of snyder's death,
The body is at the Palace morguo,
where it was prepared for burial,
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