Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — DIED DEATH OF HEROES [ARTICLE]

DIED DEATH OF HEROES

Two Sacrifice Lives In Attempt to Save Boy From Electrocution. Paris, May 4.—A boy and two men were electrocuted before the eyes of several thousand spectators. The boy was walking along a fence flanking the tracks of a railroad when he lost his footing and fell upon an exposed high tension cable. He was killed instantly. A workman rushed to the boy’s rescue, but the instant he touched the body he also fell dead. Another workman, ignoring a warning cry, shared a similar fate.