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Paulding, OH Electricity Accident, May 1918

Posted June 1st, 2008 by Linda Horton

PAULDING, Ohio, May 22.---Earl Alspach, lineman for the Paulding Home Telephone company, met with an accident a few days ago that came near being fatal. Alspach was working on the lines with his bare hands when he grabbed hold of a guy line that had come in contact with a transmission line of the electric light system. With the other hand he grabbed a grounded wire, receiving a terrific shock. He held on for several minutes and called for help, but no one heard him. Becoming exhausted his hold on he[sic] wire relaxed and he fell, striking one of the iron spikes used, as a step on the pole. A deep gash [illegible] out in his left side.

The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN 22 May 1918
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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