Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1902 — BUILDINGS ARE ELECTRIFIED [ARTICLE]

BUILDINGS ARE ELECTRIFIED

One Man Is Killed at Kankakee by Grasping Awning Support. Kankakee, 111., special: One person was killed and six shocked by coming in contact with steel fronts of buildings charged with electricity here. As a result of defective wiring for incandescerftrilghtitfg, wetj aarnings, and the ram;-the steel fronts : itt*four buildings became charged wi&aelectricity. John Lehnus grasped thlrfcetal support; of jtwning was instantly killed. Henry Rehborg, George Laflamm, Maggie Laflamm, S. E. Garrett, Paul Meyers and Fred Sticker sustained shocks.