The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-11-24
FAIL FROM POLE
PROVES fatal
Superintendent Young Dies from
Internal Injuries Eight Hours
After Accident

OF the Pacific Power d Light COM
pany,, received Thursday afternoon
of last week, when he fell from the
top Of a telephone pole, a distance
Of twenty feet. He sustained three
broken ribs. and a broken collar
bone and one of the ribs which
pierced the left lung resulted in an
internal hemorrhage. At eleven
twenty he passed away.
The attending circumstances of
this tragedy are unusually sad as
Mr.. Young leaves wife and three
children of nine, seven. and three
years respectively. He is also sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. NJ. V.
Young, two brothers, D. B. Young
and Alfred Young, all of whom are
residing at Everett. Only two
weeks ago Mrs. Young and the
children arrived here after an ex-
tensive eastern trip and had barely
become comfortably settled in their
new home, the Tulles residence in
the Garden Tracts, when the blow
came, more terrible to realize be-
oo,,oo of &c
AS is frequently the case with &C.
cidents occurring in connection with
work in the electrical field, it was
not in attempting anyimportant op-
Grafton that Mr.. Young met his I'M
timely death but in performing a
a simple little piece of work such as
is accomplished hundreds of times
daily without endangering the life
of the workman. 1t was not part
Of his regular duties to look after
the telephone wires but in his custo-
mary spirit of helpfulness he noun
ted a telephone pole near the plant
to repair defective circuit and in
placing both hands upon the two
wires, received the shock which
hurled him to the ground.
Mr.. Young has been in the cleo
trical field for over twenty-five years
as he became interested in the work
when a young lad and has followed
it ever since with great success. AT
the time of his death he was one of
the highest salaried men at the local
plant, filling in an efficient manner
the position of superintendent of
generation and distribution. His
long experience in power house
work, his capability and executive
talents made him one of the most
valuable men in the company's en-
ploy. Because of his superiority
as man and as an electrician, his
fellow workmen and all who knew
him have only loving tributes with
which to honor his memory.
The local representatives of the
Pacific Power & Light Company
and the Odd Fellows who were his
fraternal brothers have done all in
their power to be of assistance to
Mrs. Young and her children. Fun
eral services were conducted at the
Mueller undertaking parlors, Mon
day afternoon by the Odd Fellows,
assisted by Rev. Osgood, after which
the body was shipped on the S. P.
& S. to Vancouver, Washington, in
order to make connections for
Everett, the train schedule being
so deranged by the washouts as to
make 1t lmpOssl ole to reach their
destination by the usual route.
Mrs. Young and her brother in-law,
D. B. Young, accompanied by the
children, left the same day for
Everett and will reside at their
home at that place.
Nelson l.. Young was born in
Trenton, Maine, and resided in
Massachusetts for several years be-
fore coming to Everett four years
ago. He came to Kennewick in
April. At the time of his death he
was forty-one years OF age.
Earn nF THANKS