Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1901 — Killed by a Live Wire. [ARTICLE]

Killed by a Live Wire.

Alphonse Bormett, a lineman in the employe of the Michigan Telephone company, was instantly killed at Houghton, Mich., by coming in contact with a live wire while at work at the top of a pole. T.welve thousand volts passed through him. He was 25 years old aifd single.