Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1913 — TWO CROWN POINT MEN ELECTROCUTED [ARTICLE]

TWO CROWN POINT MEN ELECTROCUTED

Employees of Electric Company in That Town Met Sudden Deaths Tuesday Evening.

Lowell Tribune. Our people were shocked yester day morning when they learned that Harry Ferry and August Kindberg had been instantly killed at Crown Point Tuesday night by coming in contact with a live wire on the Northern Public Service Co’s, lines. Both men were employes of the electric company and about 8 o’clock went out to repair an are light near the Erie depot, and a short time after were both found on the ground dead. In all probability both were instantly killed. The bodies were removed to -the light plant and a pulmotor was used to try to bring them back to life, but all efforts were of no avail. Harry Ferry was well known here. About two years ago he married Miss Addie Stephens, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stephens, and f<?r some time he and his wife' conducted a restaurant here. He was an honest and industrious young man and made friends with all whom he met. About three or four months ago he and his wife moved to Crown Point and were preparing to build them a home in the near future. Mrs. Ferry and little baby were in Lowell and when the news of the accident reached here she and her parents were taken to Crown Point by .H. A. Hildebrandt Mr. Ferry leaves a wife and one child to mourn his untimely death. August Kindberg, the other vietim of the accident w<w quite well known here, having helped to build the lines here when the company began to furnish the lights in Lowell. The accident ha| cast a gloom over the town. Both men were in the prime of life. The bereaved r ones hive the sympathy of their friends in their great sorrow-