. Electrical news and engineering . e following additional particularsof the accident of which he was recently the unfortunatevictim : On Sunday, Dec. 8th, I was asked to go up a25 foot pole and cut out the commercial loop of one arccircuit. On this pole there were three arc circuits andtwo 2080 volt alternating circuits. Having receivedsuch a severe shock my memory was affected, so that Icannot remember even going to the pole, therefore dontknow how the accident occurred, and for three days afterI was unconscious. The alternating current was the onlyone on at the time, so I must have got acro
. Electrical news and engineering . e following additional particularsof the accident of which he was recently the unfortunatevictim : On Sunday, Dec. 8th, I was asked to go up a25 foot pole and cut out the commercial loop of one arccircuit. On this pole there were three arc circuits andtwo 2080 volt alternating circuits. Having receivedsuch a severe shock my memory was affected, so that Icannot remember even going to the pole, therefore dontknow how the accident occurred, and for three days afterI was unconscious. The alternating current was the onlyone on at the time, so I must have got across 2,080volts of a three phase alternator, burning the flesh off thefront of my hands, on some fingers leaving the bonesas clean as if scraped with glass. My position on thepole was such, the minute I lost control of my bodyI fell backward and down, breaking my grip on thewires; I fell head first. Striking another wire in the fallsomewhat righted my body and prevented my brainsbeing knocked out. I fell on my cheek bone, breaking it. Kknnkdv c!i Sons Folndrv, Owkn SvHni>, Oni. Beech and Stephen streets. The business was original-ly established by the late Wm. Kennedy, in 1858, thepresent firm being formed in 1864, and being composedof Messrs. Matthew, Alexander and William Kennedy,jr., the two former residing in Owen Sound and manag-ing the general business, while the last-named residesin Montreal and has charge of the branch in that give employment to between forty and fifty have received several medals for their propellerand water wheels, including silver medals from Phila-delphia, Paris and Toronto, several bronze fromPhiladelphia, and one from the Colonial and IndianExposition held in London, England. The success ofthe town of Owen Sound is due in no small degree tothe energetic efforts of the members of this firm, whohave always been public-spirited in advocating whateverwould benefit the town. Mr. Matthew Kennedy ispresident of the Board of Trade
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