Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-14
CAUGHT WITHOUT WARNING.
William Freckleson, Who Was In
juredin The Same Accident,
Dies at Hospital.
Derrick in Falling Cuts High Tension
strand With Tragic Result
Structure is Criticized.

Two lives and n third man SUI
ierng from severe wounds WAS tbs
terrible toll paid today in an accident
thats was nothing less than traseds..
The terrible accident occurred this
afternoon, shortly after O'clock, at$t,le
Jordan livei. transformer, station OF the
Utah Light & Railway company.
Eleventh West and South Temple
38 streets. when the derrick of a Pile
ariver working there gave way, crash
ING to the ground and carrying With it
one Of the high pressure wires, carrying.
q 10000 voltage.
This wire fell upon AIcrton w. WHEEL
$.r. employed at the; station as assistant.
OPERATOR literally burning him 10 his
Death while the frame Of the derrick.
m its breakage caught William D.
rreckelson ana Andy Weston, two OF
The. workers in the driving of the pil!ns9
F'reckelson sustained Il fracture of
slle skull and died on the operating ts,-s
yle at the hospital8at > O'clock. Weston
escaped with several bad bruises aud
scalp wounds.
The accident VAS caused by the
breaking of the derrick of the pile
/ 1riyerE which was being used by Me-
sornielS & Gray company, contractors
i, some new construction work at the
spwer station.
CAUGHT WITHOUT W.ARNINC.5
Wheeer. in company With Mr.. Har-
rel, was sitting on a pile near the
driver. resting after the noonda Y lunch
and watrhingytlie driver at work With
out an instants warning &, and while
he heavy hammer OIL he driver vas
punslng downward, theic came tile
crash Of rehdlng stimbers. and before
Wheeler could move. almost, the high.
voltage Wire was falling upon him. He
7 had evidently gfasped the Wire in his
hands. and then III, r., ,l.ulsion Of
the shock rolled backwards over the
pole, and with the Wire underneath him..
His hands and chest We're horribly dis
Inquired with the cruel marks of the
burning Wire, and the shock must
have been sslch thatIdeath was in
Simultaneous
freckelson was caught directly un-la
3a,eriieath the falling derrick, and the
s nasty examination OF the physicians
before he was removed to the hospital
4 led hem to anticipate u fracture Of
ne skull. Weston Just barely missed
settlllgs out of the Way OF the. derrick
ana although struck III several places;
Z MS wounds are not considered to be
OF a 5seriuus nature. -,
!, Immediately following the accident
& me nowersw;ls shut Oft the wires COM
ing in contact with the fallen derrick.
5sWhaeier's body removed but Of contact
ana doctors and the police summoned.
F. helsowWorkefs and neighbors fastened
70 the assistance Of the injured man
Z ana gave such aid as could be nd
lninistefed until the arrival of the
PHYSICIANS.
Pr =, Z. Wilcox, was the first to-
e reach the scene of the fatality, and
binding Wheeler beyond all aid direct
~ ~ MS attention to Freclsleson, giving
llini first aid and then ordering him
sent 10 the Groves. u. D.. S. hospital.
4 is Wade and DIR. Iandesberger, the
latter the conpanys physician, to-
setfler with several other physicians
responded promptly toSthe hurry call.
Mt. Harfell. an attache of the power
station, barely escaped death by cleo
E 'Iocution. He Was sitting at the side
OF young Wheeler. hut at the crash
OF the derrick, and seeing the falling
wire managed to roll free from the
wire.
Among the bystanders and onlookers.
sttlacted to the scene by the fatality
mere was some criticism regarding IIie
p construction Of the derrick, which as it
/ ! u On the ground in its broken 5condi-
4 non presented frail, weak appearances.
" seemed to have been const,,u tel
Z more of scantlings aud light ttmGers
4 flisaa the scout timaefss the HAY york
oi me pie driving hammer would aer
nand. III
WEI l. KNOWN YOUNG MEN.
Merton Wheeler, Merit Wheeler as he
was known to q wide circle of friends
N this city, was the son Of ] N
5Nhhseier OF GIG south West Temple
! stteft He was a member Of the class
8ol lse6 Cornell, and has in his immedi-S
( a s ciFcie of friends many younger pro-
iess $40 men of the city. In his high
8 .,Sl days he was known az one of
5.ite Stars OF the football team. He
' N"s a leader in his classes both from
social and educational standpoint
~ te.s completing his course in the hig,
6 sst'ogi' ne entered the electrical school
~ ~ ,sofneli, where he was graduated
~ i5oe After graduating he took UP
. &s 81, "a work in his profession and at
ne Inc of his death he was engaged
Z ~ assistant operator, seeking special
running tnlg along practical lines
lou LOUIS sowles, a classnlate % Wheeler,
va, also a classmate at the high school
7 s.tu the Two We're closely associated lin
+ t. is work at the Jordan station He
t Mas among the first to reach his
a,i Ihe family was not notified of the
g.,,,, ~,
s, ~ hour after it happened. and it fell
t - we 10. of a News reporter to in !
I'm tee family. 1t was assumed that
M .hI,e=WoEd had reached the family, and
III, reporter upon reaching the Wheeler
, ~! was met by Mrs. Wheeler. Upon
c csi,,s asked Tor Information, she be-
t taate,, distracted. The father was az
a. tee tst laeYond measure and the GRIEF
VINE VINE, home was 4pitiable. -
i, " I. p, FreekIeson, who died OF
81, lifles in the operating room, wa
4 80. ~ sifiser living at 41a4 south tie
& j y, T. Z.