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2 stories matching electrocut

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:electro, electron, electr, electroli, electrolyt, electrotyp

  1. The Electrocution of a Lineman

    A routine day for a Seattle Electric company worker ended in a harrowing, public death that left his body suspended over the city's Sixth Avenue for fifteen minutes.

    Jun 4, 1903The Evening Statesman6th Avenue & Stewart Street, Seattle, King CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

  2. The Deadly Call: A Streetcar Worker Electrocuted on Duty

    A faulty telephone circuit, intended for transit operations, turned fatal when a Seattle conductor went to report off his shift.

    Nov 6, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

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