Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-06-24
FATHER, HIS SON AND DAUGH-
TER, VIRTUE IN DEATH

end of twenty-foot piece OF wire
crossed on trolley wire carrying 3D.
900 volts, results in the death of faith
er, son and daughter and possibly the
mother of family of nine at Tho
burn yesterday afternoon at $50
| o'clock
The dead:
Martin Deboskey, father, aged 45.
Stanley Deboskey, son, aged 10.
josephine Deboskey, daughter, aged
10.
Mrs. Martin Deboskey, wife and
i mother, 40, fatally injured
| Those injured were: John Gallo aged
10; Frank Gallo, aged IL; Lawrence
| Maliska aged II.
When Josephine and Stanley Debos-
! key left thir home yesterday after
noon to play they were warned by
I their loving mother not to go on the
/ streets because they might get killed.
| The children asked if they could go
on the hill. They were told that that
would be very fine Fairgrounds for
| them by their mother.
! Leaving the home and the hot town
the two children trooped off to the
I hill and the cool breeZes. On the
way up the hill Stanley found gal
ION bucket and he attached a piece Of
wire to it and decided they would play
telephone"
The trolley wires of the Mononga-
heIa Valley Traction Company at this
place are peculiarly located. Because
OF the abruptness Of the hill the wires
hang almost against the earthen wall.
They are, however, about ten feet be-
low the top of the precipice and are
out of reach of any one walking on
the hill.
With the ingenuity of children
Stanley and Josephine conceived the
idea of making their play more real
istic. Looking over the precipice the
boy saw the trolley wire. Holding to
one end of the wire attached to the
bucket he dropped the bucket1~over
the hill.
1t caught on the wire. Immediate
Nv $4,000 volts of electricity coursed
up the wire and entered his body,
hurting him to hte ground and caus-
ing him to writhe with its force.
! Realizing him to writhe with its force
fearing for her brother who was sud
denly thrown to the ground the IN
nocent little sister grasped him and
she too was instantly dispatched into
the great beyond. Both bodies were
shaken as though held in the vice-flke
! grip threshing machine.
! Martin Debosky, seeing his children
4 waIlowing on the ground so near the
/ fifty-foot precipice started for them
| on a dead run. Arriving at the edge
OF the precipice overlooking the little
I mining town he grabbed hold OF his
! little son and daughter with the
thoughtlessness Of loving father of
! seven children.
His action left the home without
A DFHdu 6dEHGI DCCdQoC HS iOi'O'NN A-S
! children in death. Three bodies were
now clinging to the deadly wire con-
nected with the high tension--carrying
trolley. Mrs. Dobeskey was attracted
/ and she seeing them all in heap ran
up the hill.
With heart-piercing stream she
grabbed hold of her husband and be-
! loved children and Immediately iapsed
/ into Inconsistencies Her screams
had attracted man in the town. Three
little boys were the first to arrive.
John Gallo, Frank Gallo and Lawrence
Maliska. Without thought of what
the trouble might be they all attempt
ed to extricate he Deboskeys and all
received bad burns and would have
me the same fate as the others had
not older and more experienced heads
arrived and taken them away. With
in few minutes hundreds were on
the scene. Coroner Frank A Lloyd
was called but at a late hour last
night had not rendered decision.
On the shoulders of Walter Debos-
key. aged 10, falls the task of making
home for himself and the four re-
naming children of the family. The
mother is dying in the Fairmont hos
pital. All medical aid possible has
been gi'Fen her. but physicians says it
is but a matter of few hours only
until she will succumb as her entire
physical system is charred with the
death dealing electricity.
81. Members of the fanny surviving the
accident are: John H. Deboskey, aged
Is months; Joseph H Deboskey, aged
years; Steven Deboskey, aged 6
years; Ann Deboskey, aged s years;
Water Debosl.ey, aged 10 years.