Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1916 — KILLED BL ELECTRIC SHOCK [ARTICLE]

KILLED BL ELECTRIC SHOCK

Fred Mohr. Manager of Light Plant at Fowler. Entangled in Wires. Fowler, lnd„ May Psi Fred Mohr, local manager of the Interstate Pub-' lie Service company’g electric light plant here,as killed by electricity late yesterday when directing reparir work one mile east of Fowler. The company has a private telephone line connecting the various offices in this part of the state, and the storm of Sunday had put the line out of commission. Mr. Mohr took hold of the telephone wire, which is attached to the same poles that carry high tension electric wires supplying nearby [owns with electric current from the Fowler plant Owing to the close proximity of the wires, the telephone wire carries a certain amount of current, but not enough usually to do any damage. However, the extreme dampness formed an induction f rom the high .tension wires, carrying J3,M"O volts, and was sufficient to daze Mohr when he tolk hold. Howard Simons, a workman, pulled Mohr away front the wire, and when he let go of him Mohr was so numbed that he staggered back and again was entangled in the wires on the ground. Before he could be rescued again he was dead. Simons, who als.o was shocked, was revived by physicians and will recover.